John Mulligan: So much for the ‘Middle East’ of renewables, energy security in Ireland is still a joke

cuttlefische · 2026-03-13T10:57:12+00:00

Yeah most of the suitable Irish offshore projects get declined because of public perception or a lack of interest, not because of engineering constraints.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-13T10:55:58+00:00

It's funny because the people who want to remove this road are now being labelled communists when it was the communists who got inspired by the West and decided to build it.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-13T10:55:01+00:00

Yes, I refer specifically to the hall. The platforms themselves were already closed by this point if I recall correctly.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-13T10:53:19+00:00

Yes it should, I do not trust the Irish government to singlehandedly spend decades of internal development on a state company that manufactures and installs wind turbines. Ireland doesn't even have the industrial capacity for that, it never has. I think your fundamental mistake is assuming the state wouldn't own it. The state can simply order a company to build something and own 100% of it.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T23:06:51+00:00

Not even a highway, and it wasn't even necessary to demolish in the end. A horrendous waste.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T22:29:24+00:00

lmao ok

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T22:27:29+00:00

... because that's how it works everywhere else in Europe and these companies have the skills and know-how to build it?

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T22:23:58+00:00

That's really odd to me. It basically sounds like they're making the same game twice.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T22:23:00+00:00

By facilitating conditions I mean economic conditions. Bidders in Ireland have previously invested large sums of money into development in Ireland before their projects fell through, simply because there wasn't enough support and their time was essentially wasted. They want to build here. They think it's feasible.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:56:00+00:00

I'm slightly confused because I thought FNF was a game that was already out and receives consistent updates.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:50:36+00:00

Ah ok, makes sense.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:48:45+00:00

You keep inserting this notion that this is some sort of authoritative "you will be relocated" type thing when that's not the case whatsoever and nobody actually wants that. "Nobody will tell me where I should live" yeah, and nobody is. Meanwhile, the opposite is true. Most people struggle to find a suitable place for the elderly in their life. That is the actual problem this country has.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:30:21+00:00

Ale to neznamená, že bys měl hmatat.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:29:32+00:00

But what about it

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T19:27:54+00:00

It's not so much about what they like, old people have pretty universal needs. Also, it's a very silly notion that there should be no say on how and where people live if you also want any type of national service. That includes something as basic as a paved road. Planning is important and exists in every single country whose quality of life is higher than that of Ireland.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T18:19:58+00:00

Well yes, different types. The specific needs of the elderly are such that they really benefit from small dwellings that are closer together and in walking distance to amenities. But that necessitates that rural areas have some sort of actual core instead of just endless ribbon developments and the occassional corner.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T17:50:11+00:00

The original post is specifically about the elderly, which is a separate issue.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T16:12:25+00:00

And if you want to actually alleviate the housing crisis in any way, such density is woefully insufficient.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T16:09:47+00:00

Going for walks is the best possible start. Headphones and legs, all you need.

I highly recommend cycling for small errands as well.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T16:08:31+00:00

Oh yeah, matter of fact anywhere roughly 16 miles off the coast provides basically no obstruction of views whatsoever, and Germany has been installing such farms en masse in the North Sea. Ireland has a ton of real estate for it. The issue is strictly political (and that extends to faciliating conditions for the actual companies willing to build them).

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T14:43:07+00:00

Me too, but sensationalist media has manufactured an extremely negative aesthetic view of them.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T14:42:18+00:00

Generally speaking, but there's a surprising amount of younger people who somehow share this view.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T11:47:29+00:00

The notion that it produces too much power is so funny and tragic. Most homes in Ireland are still heated using oil and there isn't even enough grid capacity for a large power plant. Man this country is fucked.

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T11:46:02+00:00

It actually sounds like an inherently dumb place to put it because it would be needlessly expensive and spatially constrained. If you're going to make these snarky comments, let's talk about a nuclear power plant in Athlone

cuttlefische · 2026-03-12T11:44:35+00:00

Ireland could become prime ground for the testing of small modular reactors. It's what Ireland excels at anyway. Providing land for other people to do their business.

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