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WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS easing off we didn’t have enough on our plate, so an energy crisis has come along.
While it looks like blackouts are less likely to be a feature of our winter, it’s almost certain that we’ll have higher energy costs.
And, on top of it all, this weekend is when the rescheduled Electric Picnic was due to go ahead.
Let’s test your knowledge of that all-important physical phenomena.
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It’s expensive!
@Andy McGranaghan: don’t worry the greens will sort it out with a new tax
@Jim Buckley Barrett: Already started!
@Andy McGranaghan: Its a shocking commodity for sure.
@Paul Gorry: baddum tish
Enough to say bringing in competition has had the complete opposite result to what competition was meant to bring , security of supply , lower prices . Well done regulator and government a complete failure .
Seriously
With data centers taking 25% of our electricity and been capable of absorbing 300% more than Irelands requirements of data storage, while generating minimal employment after construction, in a country with one of the highest electrical charges in Europe, why pick us ?
We’re gulable, or at least some are, in our elected reprersantion.
@Tom Kelly: that’s like saying “why even build a road, sure they employ no one after” and blatantly ignore a critical piece of infrastructure that directly supports the jobs and lives of countless people.
@Tom Kelly: jaysus, someone downed a bottle of serious from the top shelf.
@Tom Kelly: cheaper to run HVAC systems here due ti temperature conditions, mist probably on better rates than consumers, lower business tax rates and US-EU interconnector runs through here
These quizes used to be good but alas no longer
@John Kelly: indeed, I was looking forward to a quiz about electricity, Bob Dylan my Arše!
it’s shocking expensive
Many years & moons ago I got my hands on caterpillar 4kW kerosene generator, & it has been in the shed for some time. It is going to get a service test fire & a full tank tomorrow, for just in case.
@Richard Cronin: took about an hour & a 1/2 of fettling now its purring like a 3 cylinder kitten
@Richard Cronin: Good going. Have you got a carbon monoxide detector? Handy tips here:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a35537361/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-how-to-avoid/
Shockingly little
Seriously
With data centers taking 25% of our electricity and been capable of absorbing 300% more than Irelands requirements of data storage, while generating minimal employment after construction, in a country with one of the highest electrical charges in Europe, why pick us ?
We’re gulable, or at least some are, in our elected reprersantion.
First time I’ve retaken a quiz to get a better image – that eel skull frightened me.
Spent the last 10 mins reading about Cataumbo Lightning… mad sh!t altogether!
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