Airtricity on Morning Ireland

[HanleyS]

Eddie O'Connor was on Morning Ireland yesterday morning speaking about the hostile environment in Ireland for renewable energy companies.

It struck me that there must be some basis to his remarks. I have heard anecdotal evidence of the difficulties in getting planning permission for BioDiesel Plants and other renewable projects (including re-use of human waste ).

If the government is so pro-green then why haven't entrepreneurs moved in to take advantage of this opportunity? Why don't we have wave and wind power? Why don't we have widespread access to BioDiesel?

The interview is here:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0219/morningireland_av.html
Noel Dempsey's half-assed response was on the show this morning:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0220/morningireland_av.html

BTW the comment about EirGrid in the first programme is slightly misleading.

[lostexpectation]

Eddie O'Connor was on Morning Ireland yesterday morning speaking about the hostile environment in Ireland for renewable energy companies.

It struck me that there must be some basis to his remarks. I have heard anecdotal evidence of the difficulties in getting planning permission for BioDiesel Plants and other renewable projects (including re-use of human waste ).

If the government is so pro-green then why haven't entrepreneurs moved in to take advantage of this opportunity? Why don't we have wave and wind power? Why don't we have widespread access to BioDiesel?

The interview is here:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0219/morningireland_av.html
Noel Dempsey's half-assed response was on the show this morning:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0220/morningireland_av.html

BTW the comment about EirGrid in the first programme is slightly misleading.

because there still business men and not f'ing saints like the like to tell us they are

[HanleyS]

because there still business men and not f'ing saints like the like to tell us they are

Well, I will attempt to address that from what I can decipher of your message.

They are indeed businessmen. Businessmen seek to make profit. Ireland is a vastly underserved market, so there should be huge profits here.

[david]

If the government is so pro-green

Where on Mars did you get this extraordinary notion?

[HanleyS]

Where on Mars did you get this extraordinary notion?

They've been trying to pass themselves off as best friends of the environment for the past few weeks. We might even see Bertie kissing a sapling on the front of the Indo soon.