Sul torba dell’Irlanda: Climate Action si scontra con la tradizione – in immagini | Ambiente
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/15/on-irelands-peat-bogs-climate-action-clashes-with-tradition-in-pictures
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Sul torba dell’Irlanda: Climate Action si scontra con la tradizione – in immagini | Ambiente
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/15/on-irelands-peat-bogs-climate-action-clashes-with-tradition-in-pictures
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The science is clear here. The only things stopping progress are those who are making money off the sale of peat. There’s a lot the government could be doing but inaction is in our blood. Unfortunately inaction will only make the impending climate disaster worse.
There is no traditional cutting in my area. A big machine scoops massive buckets of bog into another machine that spits out the sods. Young lads are paid to foot and turn it for harvesting. The traditional argument is a smokescreen for doing whatever they want to, regardless of consequence to the future.
This is the first article on this topic I’ve seen that actually uses photos of the huge machine used to cut turf.
Typically the articles make it look like the turf is being cut by hand and only a tiny bit a year would be taken out.
The amount of disinformation over the change of law has been ridiculous. Mainly propagated from those who own large turf cutting contacting companies.
I think we’re very much making excuses — coal mining was highly traditional in some places too, yet they adapted and adjusted what they do.
Ireland is great at whining and exceptionalism.
Pear harvesting is just a form of open cast mining. We just like to dress it up in romanticism about rural life.
Tradition my hole. Pigheadedness is what it is.
We should be investing in nuclear energy for the future
>A single harvest can heat a home for a year for less than €1,000 without the stress of energy bills
That’s… not that much less than what I’m spending on home heating oil for a poorly insulated detached home. I’m willing to bet I’m getting better, more even heat as well.
I grew up with neighbours burning turf but I just can’t make it make sense.
Is it really tradition? How much is the industry worth? Circa €500?
There is an argument for and against and both have valid points. Very little effort has been put into providing an alternative other than token grants for the very wealthy who can afford to retrofit. Carbon taxing the life out of something with no alternative is why we got rid of the greens.
Have a read of some of some of the comments on this group to see what you are dealing with [https://www.facebook.com/BarroughterAndClonmoylanBogsActionGroup](https://www.facebook.com/BarroughterAndClonmoylanBogsActionGroup)
we used to plough fields using horses too, times change