@paddytoland@BusterBloodvess@JamesOConnorTD Possibly, it should be considered for sure. I see the GEMINI project is already piloting. Shallow geothermal, 500M down.
Still the energy problem will remain unsolved but if you reduce gas for heating, it’s a step forward.
@paddytoland@BusterBloodvess@JamesOConnorTD Ireland has shallow geothermal, so heating only. Which is fine but it would require a major infrastructure upgrade in all towns. Retrofitting pipes in towns to geothermal pipes from a district heating plant. I’m not knocking it, I’m just highlighting potential costs
@irish_lassie27@brianmlucey He knows this, surely. The graph says “at the income level of an average wage”, so if you fall under the top tax bracket the data gets skewed.
@damienirel@Nick_Delehanty What don’t people understand, the place where oil is extracted is now incapable of delivering said oil to the globe.
It’s quite logical to expect that there will be HUGE oil shortages and disruptions will last for a long time (while Iran implements toll booth and pipelines fix)
@SD_cotopaxi@TadhgHickey That’s just not true. Can you give me an example of a socialist government where gov spending was reduced or aervixes greatly upgraded.
Socialists are just as, or more, incompetent when it comes to managing huge organisations. Again, it comes back to profit making.
@SD_cotopaxi@TadhgHickey So a left alliance, which was the only viable alternative to FFG, will work out way worse for many, especially over an extended period of time.
@SD_cotopaxi@TadhgHickey Well socialists will always tax you more. It’s just built into the ideology. Government equals waste because it’s not driven by the need to make profit. Furthermore, socialists will always want more from the state, again, meaning more waste and mismanagement.
@EwanMacKenna Honestly I’ve been caught up in the protests and the hard shoulder was left open. People are not blocked from making a living, many people are working from home and the rest just leave earlier.
From the people I spoke to, and have seen interviewed, there is broad support.
@JohnOBrennan2 Add all farmers and hauliers to the growing list of people who are far right 😂😂
The only people not far right may end up being the wealthiest 0.01%
@Reunify32 If the average Joe wants diesel prices cut, the average Joe needs to protest. How entitled must one be the expect to do nothing in return for something.
@micheal_olainn@Irishgeezah It’s up to the average Joe to go protest for themselves. These guys are executing a protest to save their livelihood. These level of entitlement one must have to think they should do it on the average joes behalf. 500k citizens protesting in Dublin would also shut the city down.
@JChrome19@jfawcett101@MarioNawfal Don’t you understand how big a mistake this was?
Both Israel and the US are in a far weaker position both in the region and globally after this mess up and the US will never have the same footprint in the Middle East. Honestly only idiots who look at MSM will be fooled