Institutions need to stop following orders when the right tells them to go fuck themselves

Right now is when we have the security issue, so we have to solve it with what we can buy right now. Next year we will host all the EU leaders. Russia could knock us offline just to show they can. Having LNG backup makes those pipes a much less tempting target because we wouldn't lose power.

For example, Denmark is 87% on that list. But when you look at the details, 24% of that is Biomass (ie burning imported trees from Sweden). But worse, the 87% only counts local generation. 50% of Danish electricity is imported, from coal burning Germany and nuclear Sweden.

All the countries in that list above 60% either have huge hydro resources, use nuclear or import most of their power from neighbours that do. Ireland will be in the 3rd category by 2027 (importing from France) but we'll still need LNG backup.

So the EU can save money by cutting funds to Hungary, and the US will pay for everything? Awesome.

There are no countries running 100% renewables (with the exception of places with vast hydro resourses we dont have). Wind/solar alone cant power a country 24/7. We will always need gas (the only other option is nuclear, which we banned).

Great for the future, but not a nearterm solution for Ireland.

The problem is Ireland has no storage. When we ran on coal we could pile up a few weeks worth next to the powerstation. With gas, if the pipeline is knocked out, Ireland goes dark about 20min later. The only way to avoid that is LNG.

Theres no real alternative. Its a question of security, not economics. If we have the LNG backup, it may never be used. If we don't, it makes us too tempting a target.

Martin is right about LNG - we need it for security. If Russia was to attack the gas pipelines from the UK, Ireland would be knocked offline (electricity, heating, even data) for months. Would even be bad for the climate - we'd have to revert to diesel generators, coal and turf.

This case looks a lot like some recent attacks in other European states... www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Bonus points for Musk defining a swindler as someone who tells an audience whatever they want to hear.

I was thinking the same thing as I paid for my bulletproof Cybertruck robotaxi with X, the banking app, as it took me to the spaceport for my flight to Mars.

We might start a trend.

Cool!