The chaos caused by the current energy price shock is actually a timely warning for Ireland: either we drop the reckless pursuit of a failed Green energy agenda and drastically change the state’s policy – and attitude – towards both energy and food security, or we can expect catastrophic consequences.
It is impossible to overstate just how devastating Ireland’s current energy policy and our lack of energy security could prove to be, not just in terms of price-shock vulnerability and reliance on imports, but in regard to domino effects on cost of living, economic growth, jobs, and even food security. Those dangers are compounded by decades of allowing the EU to decide for Ireland in relation to farming, fishing and energy – including a fixation on an unachievable Net Zero commitment which is set to bring enormous multi-billion euro fines down on our heads.
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