1/11 I wrote this article as I'd come across viral pictures of an 'anti-electricity' cartoon being used to show how the public often block new technologies that benefit them. View is that windfarms/nuclear/tech are today undermined by a hysterical public.

https://twitter.com/RTEBrainstorm/status/1704526808337494112

But if we examine the context & legal history of this cartoon, we learn that public fears of new technologies may have more to do with lived experience of what happens when enormous power is placed in private, unregulated or self-interested hands...

It's been a great week for climate news, which will hopefully turn into action. To assist that process, I would like to give some context to the story that seems to have gained the most media coverage - the giving of an improved C+ 'grade' to the Irish government by @foeireland C+ is a good grade in Irish university. The Report Card notes that government is not achieving its own goals set out in the Programme for Government (PfG). The context I wish to give is just how out of touch the PfG is with a Paris Agreement pathway to keeping below 1.5 degrees.

@TomLyonsBiz @thecurrency @greenparty_ie @DanielTMurray @Niall_Sargent Hi Tom, I once thought the same. However, with research, I found these are myths promoted by a minority of private interests. For example: 1. Firstly, most of Ireland’s gas comes from Scotland & Norway. Both stable regimes, and our only source from 96-05. @TomLyonsBiz @thecurrency @greenparty_ie @DanielTMurray @Niall_Sargent 2. This supply is stable and long-term. Gas Networks Ireland has repeatedly stated that there will be no interruption of supply due to Brexit and that there is no long or short term risk to Irish energy security. data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…