On Prime Time Minister for Energy, Communications and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan and Green Party TD agreed that we should discuss all options for electricity generation including nuclear but he as minister was ruling out the option of nuclear power.
What's the point of having a debate on nuclear power if it's ruled out as an option before the debate begins.
I don't really have much idea on the issue as I'm no expert. However, working on the basis that there may be a single EU electricity market into the future, could the ESB (if it is still a state company) build a Nuclear Power Plant in another country as a private venture. If we were then connected to a single European grid this could then be sold back into the Irish market with any excess sold to other European countries.
Only if they are willing to locate it in Phoenix Park
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Why build it in another country ?
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I'm just wondering what I outlined above possible? In which case I guess we could end up with state owned Nuclear Power anyway even if the law never changed. I presume the ESB has independence from the Government in terms of capital acquisition.Originally Posted by wexfordman
Isn't Nuclear a bit of a false god. Isn't there only a few decades worth of Uranium left?
We'd be better off using coal form a sustainability point of view. We have 200 years of that. I have been told that Ireland has loads of it under Dublin Bay.
Liquidate labour, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate.
in my opinion ireland should focus on wave energy because it is resource that ireland has.
being an island we are surrounded by seas not to mention the atlantic.
however we are a small country so it would be necessary to build interconnecters with the rest of europe. so when there are no waves on the west coast of ireland we'll be able to recieve energy from somewhere in europe where there are waves.
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I think we should focus on EVERY method of generating energy.
If we can meet out needs (and possibly create a surplus) by various methods and avoid using nuclear (because people don't want it and/or are afraid of it) then we should do that.
If we can convince people that it is safe/cheap/clean and it's the best way to do then we should do that.
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