It is perhaps needless to say that times are tough, we are facing a cold and uncertain winter with the value of our largely stagnant wages being eaten into by rising inflation.
Luckily for the Irish people, we can always rely on our national broadcaster to cheer us up in times like these, and true to that RTÉ is highlighting an art installation about how the sea is going to devour large parts of Galway due to, you guessed it, climate change.
The project is aimed at promoting conversations on climate change, and will run along the Spanish Arch, Ard Bia in Nimmo's and along the Long Walk on the Claddagh Basin in the cityhttps://t.co/UIcTO1L5CG
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 29, 2022
This show will use LED lights to “ indicate a projected rise in sea levels as a result of storms”, and is aimed at “promoting conversations about climate change”, because it’s not like they harp on about that very subject at nauseam already.
Revellers can enjoy baseless predictions on how many Galway residents could be made homeless or drown in the thought provoking light show to be displayed on landmarks.
“The data predicts a global sea level rise of 28cm to 1.01m depending on the emissions scenario by the end of the century.” says the article.
With claims that, “Since sea levels were first measured in Galway in 1842, they have risen 25-30cm.”
Unfortunately for RTÉ and the ‘Doom Town Rats’ et al, a lot of Irish thought criminals on Twitter aren’t buying it.
3mm a year….1 foot a century … pic.twitter.com/q4verVb9SP
— John003 (@john003) September 29, 2022
All Irish media is social engineering, nothing to do with news anymore
— Tuffy (@tuffy______) September 30, 2022
When I see house prices collapse in places like Howth and Dun Laoghaire I might take you serious
— Mick quinlan5 (@Quinlan5Mick) September 29, 2022
Is the lights powered from renewable sources?? Sure they can't even predict the Irish weekly weather forecast accurately, never mind that scaremongering!
— Rónán (@r0fficial) September 29, 2022
— John003 (@john003) September 29, 2022
Why?
Why would anyone want to promote complete bollocks like this?
I’ve been here more than 60 years and there has been no significant rise in sea level, nor will there be.
This is just a public lie.— Jim Reaper 🇮🇪🇹🇭 (@JimReaper11) September 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/highlands1000/status/1575510284684431360
Predicted by who and how? Nostradamus? Codswallop & nonsense
— Scary Times (@Ferng6Ferng) September 29, 2022