On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:24:29 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:36:06 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

I'll hopefully have my insulation and heating finished by then. Then
it will be two fingers up to the lot of them.

So what's the power situation over there then Grimly?...

Still got a couple of peat-fired stations (which the EU don't like at
all, at all), got some oil and gas burners too. There's 20 minutes of
stored power in a pumped hydro and some actual hydro on the Shannon.

www.spiritofireland.org is slowly gathering momentum and before the
**** hits the fan big time, might actually get somewhere.
TNP notwithstanding, there are massive areas on the western seaboard
where the wind doth blow and the water could flow - all we need to do
is kill off the nimbys.

Having blighted nearly the entire coastline with ugly 1970's house shaped
objects painted white the view from the sea to land is vile. Sticking wind
turbines out at sea will spoil the view the other way. If ever there was a
need to demonstrate the devastating impact of a hands off approach to planning
then the coastline of Ireland is it.

Build a few nukes FFS and stop desecrating the country with wind turbines.


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