"Green" policies are destroying this country

Interesting ESRI report mentioned on RTE news I will quote, "that there is very little variation in actual energy use between dwellings of different BER ratings, so that the average actual energy consumption is similar for A-Rated house and a G-Rated house." So is spending money on retrofitting a waste of time and money or are we just subsidising people's comfort?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0310/1562514-climate-targets/

Bring back the smog...

It is also disingenuous to to dismiss very significant increases in direct and indirect electricity costs pushing us to be one of most expensive in the world

While continuing to produce 6x CO2 of France on a good windy/sunny day

It`s nothing to do with sunny days, long dark days or windy days. It`s the fact that any chain is only as strong as its weakest link and for us that is in winter when our demands are at their highest. If you are not designing a system based on its weakest link then all you are doing is designing a system to fail when most needed.

Your contention was that wind and solar combined are compatible in doing that, and I have pointed out to you they not and why they are not, which you just keep ignoring. Why is that ?

As somebody that believes that a wind and solar combination can provide all our requirements I have no idea why you are still beating this Denmark drum. Denmark eventually admitted it was not, and - due to them being unable to get a single bid for their largest ever offshore wind offering and the realisation that they could no longer rely on draining Norway when their own renewables were not providing what they needed - "that something else is needed" and lifted their 40 year ban on nuclear.

Not just BER ratings, those who bought into EVs learning lessons about resale values

Saving on servicing and repairs also.

Assuming no catastrophic failure. But that can happen with ICE also.

While I agree the risk of catastrophic risk is low, it’s not unheard of either and certainly a higher risk that ‘going g outside’. I’ve have 2 EVs that have suffered catastrophic battery failure rendering both cars off the road. One is a Leaf 30KWh (out of warranty so car will be scrapped) which is not too surprising while the other is a 2021 Model 3 (in warranty so free fix) which was off the road for 2 months before a replacement battery could be fitted.

When I asked the Tesla service centre why the long wait I was told they are having difficulty sourcing replacement batteries and have a number of borked Model 3s waiting in the service centre. Some may cause this FUD but for me it’s simply a reality

Erm the purpose of electricity generation going into the grid is to full-fill demand of the electricity consumers pulling from the grid

If the semi randomly variable generators with low capacity factors (10% for solar 33% for wind) are not generating much or enough and there is no backup you endup with blackouts as demand can not be fulfilled

Imagine owning a car that randomly does between 0 and 50kph but you need to drive on a motorway at 120kph constant or cause a crash

Wind and solar are HIGHLY variable and have low capacity factors, we also don’t have enough inter-connectors to dump our problems on Europe

You would need hundreds of billions in pumped hydro or batteries to backup wind and solar instead of gas which currently fills that role

But we do have a backup....

Back up your horse there a bit.

Your logic was that wind and solar were such complimentary sources that they would fulfill all our demand at all times. So rather than continually wasting time and energy, do you now accept that is not possible without insane investment in solar to fill the 94% gap in our requirement when wind for prolonged periods is providing only 6% or less ???

You old begrudger.

Does it not give you a feeling of contentment knowing the money you are paying in carbon taxes is helping them do that 😎

That rapidly approaches a point of diminishing returns tho when it comes to; grid stability, costs and co2 production

And the there’s marginal pricing policies which ensures that consumers endup with one of the most expensive electricity bills in world while still producing a ton (pun intended) of co2

It’s getting better alright but not for the consumers paying one of if not the highest electricity prices in world

And arguably not for the climate as either as we remain many multiples of other green clean cheaper European countries that are energy export powerhouses