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.
“It is a genuine shame that the Council have seen fit to disregard all of this and proceed over the heartfelt and informed objections of thousands of people,” she said
Credit to the Irish Farmer’s Journal, for this scoop, and to their reporter, Declan O’Brien. You can read the full article here, if you have a subscription. But the basics are easy enough to understand: The ineffectiveness of Government efforts to cut carbon emissions by curtailing Irish livestock numbers has been exposed by forecasts of […]
How can you be wrong this many times and still have credibility?
In response to the latest IPCC Report, the Green Party issued a statement on 9th August 2021 saying that, “Time is running out, and we must take action now”. If it seems like the Green Party has been using consistent language about IPCC Reports for many years, that’s because the Green Party has been using consistent language about […]
Jon Williams, the Managing Director of RTÉ News, has apologised for RTÉ’s reporting of climate change, saying that the broadcaster was wrong not to more strongly link extreme weather, such as the recent heatwave across Ireland, with climate change. This is despite Williams having previously pointed out, correctly, that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]