Gli esperti del clima mettono in guardia il governo contro il trasferimento per l’importazione di GNL da noi
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/02/27/climate-experts-warn-government-against-move-to-import-lng-from-us/
di jonnieggg
Gli esperti del clima mettono in guardia il governo contro il trasferimento per l’importazione di GNL da noi
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/02/27/climate-experts-warn-government-against-move-to-import-lng-from-us/
di jonnieggg
13 commenti
I guess we should all freeze so.
So no problem with importing ship loads of woodchip from Brazil to generate electricity in the midlands???? The world is messed up, who are these climate experts?? Who pays their wages?? Follow the money people and you will get your answer.
The gas is going to get burned one way or the other.
Either we have energy security and the ability to import LNG ourselves, or we continue importing LNG via the existing single link from the UK, while paying more for transit.
It’s *the same gas*, it’s just going to get offloaded via a UK or EU terminal.
If they want to reduce gas consumption they should be spending their energy educating NIMBYs who are stopping renewables and grid projects.
Import from Canada instead.
>Liquefied natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/10/liquefied-natural-gas-carbon-footprint-worse-coal
Import it from Canada instead. They won’t hold it over your necks like Damocles’ sword
Other academics see LNG it as a “bridge fuel” in the transition to renewables.
This is about security of supply, not burning extra gas. We still rely on gas, and we’re very vulnerable to disruptions as we don’t have our own storage.
I think these people need to remember the most well known and widely quoted definition of sustainability: “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” If we don’t meet the needs of the present there won’t be a future to protect which doesn’t meet anyone’s definition of sustainability. Ireland needs gas today and if we are not willing to buy gas from Russia then US shale gas is the most best alternative. It absolutely makes sense to transition away from imported fossil fuels but only when we have viable alternatives in place.
The government has one primary job, food and energy security followed by criminal justice. No energy, no nothing. German manufacturing is falling apart due to the events of the past couple of years. Ireland better cop onto itself before its economy is in the toilet too. Fossil fuels are a necessary foundation of our energy infrastructure for the foreseeable future. Energy costs are high enough as it is.
Can we PLEASE start pushing for nuclear, especially small modular reactors.
Just a reminder that we have gas here but we leave it in the ground:
https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/plans-drilling-off-kerry-coast-shelved-climate-bill-bans-issue-new-licences-231518
What is the point of that when we are then beholden to countries who don’t give a fuck about climate change?
I guess we can all freeze while transitioning to renewables.