“The science is not settled”: Irish climate scientist speaks out
Protestors glued themselves to the Blackwall Tunnel causing long queues
Mattie McGrath TD says that “the lunatics are running the asylum” when it comes to green energy and potential power outages this winter.
Saying “I told you so” is a rather unpleasant trait in a person, but there are times when it cannot be avoided. Last week, on these pages, I wrote that: the Government can live with electricity blackouts if they only affect the hapless citizenry. Such blackouts can be blamed on other factors: Maintenance. The need […]
6 things every rural person should know about climate change
Joy unconfined in the Western media yesterday as China announced that, contrary to western critics who say that the country is entirely self-interested and will never do anything substantive on Climate, they would actually make a big move to save the planet. Starting soon, the country announced, it will no longer fund coal-fired power plants…….. […]
The Green Party believe that the world is facing an existential crisis because people are burning too many fossil fuels. In order to save the world, they say, we must (their words) “keep it in the ground”. They want us to use less energy and electricity. They want us to become “more efficient”. In the […]
There’s Leo Varadkar, promising the public solemnly that there will be no electricity blackouts this winter. So, you all know what to do: Stop reading this, and go stock up on candles. And lighters.
What do you call a country that shuts down two of its power stations for ideological reasons, and then has to scramble to avoid the risks of electricity blackouts during the winter? If you do not know the answer to that, let me tell you: Stupid. A Stupid country does that. And it is exactly […]
“no one should underestimate the scale of the challenge we will face in the coming winters, particularly the three or four after the coming one.”
“It’s unfair that rural people have to make these sacrifices”
Progressing into the future, it is predicted that small nuclear reactors may be required as a carbon-free energy source option to supplement intermittent sources like wind and solar.