Liam McLaughlin

"If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade". Dr Steven Chu, Nobel Prize Winner stated in 2007. 13 years later it is largely untouched in Irish climate policy or planning.

@wideawake_media @LMorganEdwards Hmmm. I guess the people who were buried in the mass graves were volunteer actors.

Neil Oliver: "There was no pandemic." "What we ended up with was a pandemic of testing, with the misapplication of PCR tests that were never designed, according to their designer, to be used as diagnostic tools." "They simply took an opportunity to do something that they were planning to do anyway, which was to use a pandemic to seize control of people's freedom, and their money—the biggest transfer of wealth in history." "If we had a pandemic of anything, it was a pandemic of propaganda, a pandemic of lies and a pandemic of testing." Credit: @thecoastguy @TuckerCarlson

@evelynharte @SadhbhO @IrishTimes @guardian In what way are vegetables “ultra-processed food”?

@SadhbhO @IrishTimes @guardian As a vegetarian of over 20 years, I can say that that's a load of bollocks! Ultra-processed food is bad for you, end of. Meat alternatives are ultra-processed food.

Nice to see the @IrishTimes and @guardian lifestyle pages highlight research that shows plant-based alternatives to meat are better for the planet and mostly healthier than products such as burgers and sausages made from animals. 👍 irishtimes.com/food/2024/08/2…

@JZG20714820 @KadrmasDj @MrMatthewTodd Nope. It’s just physics.

@KadrmasDj @MrMatthewTodd Youre a prophet!

The panic that is about to hit when the public finally understands this is real and how politicians and media have failed us on an unimaginable scale bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

@elonmusk It’s not

How is this even real?

@AlexBlokPi2539 @whittledaway We need to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030, not peak by 2030.

@whittledaway Don't get too despondent. Slowly, like with cars, there will be a migration to electric aircraft, with short haul the initial market, then long range electric/hydrogen aircraft over the next 20 years. Many in development now. The era of the conventional airliner will peak 2030.

The pollution from flying is much worse than is usually reported. Plus, it's the only sector that's planning on *increasing* emissions in the coming decades! rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Words fail. Not enough to take direct@Ryanair sponsorship, now ⁦@tcddublin⁩ has just appointed a “CRH Chair of #Climate Science”, sponsored by, you’ve guessed it, one of Ireland’s top carbon polluters. Via ⁦@codohertynews⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/tri…

@maxx_keane @SadhbhO @IrishTimes There is plenty evidence for it. You will have no difficulty finding it

@SadhbhO @IrishTimes Has anyone proved a link between Co2 emissions and climate change, I thought carbon was good after all were are all made of it.

This is one of the most important articles published by the @IrishTimes about climate change, food production and sustainability that you will read this year. Bookmark it. Save it. If Mark Kelly is right we're in big trouble. irishtimes.com/environment/20…

@Richdublin @whittledaway No single country can affect the climate on its own. It requires all countries to reduce GHG emissions as quickly and justly as possible, especially high emitting, wealthy countries like Ireland.

@whittledaway If every person in Ireland had a zero carbon footprint what would the effects be on the climate?

all the arguments saying "the planes fly whether there are people on them or not" are designed, like all climate inactivist tropes, to tell people that their personal actions don't matter, and that individuals have no power, which is entirely false

@SPhone568 @NicholasDCarter There is no suggestion that they stop producing food, merely that they produce it more sustainably. They can increase food production and comply with these measures.

@NicholasDCarter So stop producing food? Seems like a shitty plan.

€700M just approved for Dutch farmers to stop their livestock farming in priority areas and rewild This is a smart way forward to support farmers to drawdown carbon & restore biodiversity that financially (& intrinsically) is worth more in the long run. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

@darraghwo @think_or_swim VW strongly advise against charging more than 80% to maximise battery life. This reduces day to day range but for long journeys you can charge to 100%.

@mclauli @think_or_swim Yeah, that's fair. It seems to very much depend on how the battery is used. 10 years may a bit negative but is within the range of the Hyundai study mentioned on the SEAI website seai.ie/blog/understan….

Anyone with even a cursory understanding of electric vehicles or batteries would realise the arguments set out in this letter are baseless & bogus. Yet there it is, in black and white. Maybe real reason behind falling EV sales is disinformation parroted through media?

@darraghwo @think_or_swim How does 2% p.a end up with a battery life of 10 years? The battery will last as long as the car albeit with a reduced range in later years.

@think_or_swim Hi John, which specific points do you disagree with? His points about battery degradation are largely in line with this Zurich Insurance blog, e.g. 2 % per year. zurich.ie/blog/how-long-….

@ClimateSoluti0n @NicholasDCarter Do you have an example of a specific UN office which is corrupt and in what way it is corrupt?

@NicholasDCarter Most UN offices are corrupt and incompetent.

“We’re currently using more land to feed livestock than humans...Ignoring that is outrageous. When an official organisation (FAO) is producing disinformation like this, I find it extremely irresponsible” climatechangenews.com/2024/08/14/fao…

Latest electricity bill €56 including €46 standing charge and including EV charging. Incredible combination of PV and EV. Don’t charge EV from PV, charge at night rate and export PV as much as possible. Better for your pocket and GHG emissions.

Artist punches holes in UN climate report six hours a day for Dutch installation theguardian.com/environment/ar…

@Brenjans @whittledaway We make a bigger difference than any other group of 5 million

Ireland a pitiful 144th in meeting sustainable development goals due to levels of carbon and material production well beyond our fair share sustainabledevelopmentindex.org

@treewomanjones @whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD Completely false.

@mclauli @whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD Then why are there so many ongoing excess deaths in highly vaccinated countries ? The more % vaccinated a population the greater the increase in extra deaths above average, month after month still happening? Countries with low Vax rates have low or negligible excess deaths now.

Some good news this week has been the success of @SocDems and @HollyCairnsTD who are willing to inject some sorely needed honesty into our political debate

@Vin79259726 @whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD What did she say that you disagree with?

@whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD "Sem Docs injecting some sorely needed honesty into our political debate"....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@treewomanjones @whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD It triggers gratitude from the 10’s of millions who are alive are a result.

@whittledaway @SocDems @HollyCairnsTD I'd advise against using the word "inject" - it triggers fury at what has been done !

Got electricity bill yesterday: 65€ for 2 months. Incredible considering that it includes 2 months of motoring with an EV. Hard to beat energy efficiency and solar PV.

@Technop54777070 @think_or_swim There is no reason that urgently reducing emissions will cause deaths.

We're over the cliff imo. Even if all humans stopped emitting, which would cause billions in deaths, the melting of permafrost is releasing more gases. wildfires are also not going to subside anytime soon which means more gases and less ability for the planet to absorb CO2. We're snowballing towards catastrophe and the only solution is carbon capture which isn't feasable yet for the amount we need to capture.

"Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record”. The #climate cliff-edge is just ahead. This would be a great time to hit the brakes, but nah, that’ll upset too many vested interests. rte.ie/news/2024/0605…