Many of these peat bogs are absolute treasure troves of archeological and anthropological discoveries. They were once used as places of sacrificial rituals and many still have perfectly preserved bodies which date as far back as 4000 years. It would be a shame to see them go.
A turf fire was the traditional way the Irish people were able to survive the harsh Winters. Today it remains the same and is the cheapest way to maintain a good fire to survive the cold winter. 4 or 5 euros for a 25kg bag of turf can keep a small fire for a day. Two to three bags for a larger fireplace. Costing 30 to 80 euros per week for your open fire, turf is the cheapest heating in Ireland.
burning peat also has the downside of releasing an extremely large amount of smoke. if you heat a town with peat, you get some of the worst smog possible. I don't know if it's as toxic as some of the worse types of fossil coal, but it certainly has a huge particulate output. it's like burning rotten wood or leaves. it was only used in the past because it was so easily available in large quantities in certain regions, while in those same regions, there wasn't very much wood around.
Ireland is an isolated island at the edge of Europe at the end of the supply chain. Fuel is expensive and tax extortionate here. Everyone is an expert, but the people of the Ireland that use the bogs for many legitimate reasons.
@Eric Liu it's very expensive. Do you think heating a house for 2200euro for kerosene at this time is good value for money, never mind this more expensive vegetable oil fuel,I heat my house for 350euro a year with peat.
Takes 10 years for that windmill to make up the cost for one. They are the biggest environment problem when they are dismantle. There's no place to put the use equipment at it can't be recycled.
@@seanpadraigobrien1260 peat is a fossil fuel with the lowest carbon content...as a result it does not burn well releasing byproducts other than heat in greater quantities than higher grade coals like bituminous and anthracite.
Unfortunately for anyone worried about so-called traditional ways of life going away too fast, the climate emergency isn’t worrying about how smooth or steady we make the transition, it’s just going to continue to get worse and worse
Agreed. We need to change so much, that it would be a waste to update this system. Transition to a Resource Based Economy & free up everyone's time to work on fundamental innovation.
@@user-op8fg3ny3j They didn't pay me anything to tell you that you are clueless if you think what humans are doing on earth is going to cause some global catastrophe to kill us all. You think a lobbiest paid him to say that, when in reality a lobbiest had a news network produce a story that you were gullible to believe.
I'm amazed that this "news" report dedicated half the segment to a defender of peat extraction. It's out of step with the title of the report, the economics of the obsolete industry, and the science both ecologically and on efficiency. The only way to consider peat a cheap alternative energy source for the poor is if you dismiss the environmental costs AND ignore the labor costs in harvesting, drying and transporting. It's unethical "journalism" to do this under the guise of objectivity.
@@nathanlevesque7812- the second half literally has a guy making false claims and burning extracted peat in his fireplace. Not sure what you were watching.
Listen here in ireland the government have a Hugh tax and carbon tax on fuel like heating oil and gas if they where serious about getting people to use cleaner fuels they would remove the taxes on them and bring them down to compete with peat cutting untill then I will continue to utilise my local bog to keep my family warm...
@@jamesdaly1401- if I remember correctly, burning peat releases 4 times more carbon than coal per BTU. And coal is much worse than oil or gas. The fact that this isn't taxed is hardly a positve for the argument. Not that I agree with people being taxed into poverty for basic necessities. Since the report glossed over the financial issues (in a story supposedly about peat bog restoration), how many hours do you spend harvesting and processing peat to heat your home per year, and what's the minimum wage there? Any idea how many people still heat their homes with peat? Thanks.
@@allanturpin2023 these guys never tell you what they do for a living, so you can never know what they can truly afford. It's mostly rhetorical BS about preserving their ways of life, blah blah blah. They could get involved politically and make positive changes to make the energy market more equitable, but chances are they're upper middle class entrepreneurial types who are heavily invested in the status quo.
Many of these peat bogs are absolute treasure troves of archeological and anthropological discoveries. They were once used as places of sacrificial rituals and many still have perfectly preserved bodies which date as far back as 4000 years. It would be a shame to see them go.
Sure how would they go?
@@seanpadraigobrien1260 destroyed by human action
A turf fire was the traditional way the Irish people were able to survive the harsh Winters. Today it remains the same and is the cheapest way to maintain a good fire to survive the cold winter. 4 or 5 euros for a 25kg bag of turf can keep a small fire for a day. Two to three bags for a larger fireplace. Costing 30 to 80 euros per week for your open fire, turf is the cheapest heating in Ireland.
burning peat also has the downside of releasing an extremely large amount of smoke. if you heat a town with peat, you get some of the worst smog possible. I don't know if it's as toxic as some of the worse types of fossil coal, but it certainly has a huge particulate output. it's like burning rotten wood or leaves. it was only used in the past because it was so easily available in large quantities in certain regions, while in those same regions, there wasn't very much wood around.
@ericliu5491 how is peat worse than coal? Evidence please
Ireland is an isolated island at the edge of Europe at the end of the supply chain. Fuel is expensive and tax extortionate here. Everyone is an expert, but the people of the Ireland that use the bogs for many legitimate reasons.
@Eric Liu it's very expensive. Do you think heating a house for 2200euro for kerosene at this time is good value for money, never mind this more expensive vegetable oil fuel,I heat my house for 350euro a year with peat.
Takes 10 years for that windmill to make up the cost for one. They are the biggest environment problem when they are dismantle. There's no place to put the use equipment at it can't be recycled.
@@seanpadraigobrien1260 peat is a fossil fuel with the lowest carbon content...as a result it does not burn well releasing byproducts other than heat in greater quantities than higher grade coals like bituminous and anthracite.
Ireland doesn't have Parliament or MP's, we have the Dáil and TD's
We have Freemasons running or country
Keep up the good work
Unfortunately for anyone worried about so-called traditional ways of life going away too fast, the climate emergency isn’t worrying about how smooth or steady we make the transition, it’s just going to continue to get worse and worse
Agreed. We need to change so much, that it would be a waste to update this system. Transition to a Resource Based Economy & free up everyone's time to work on fundamental innovation.
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@@macker33 how much did the energy lobby pay you to shill for them?
@@user-op8fg3ny3j Environmentalism is a scam.
@@user-op8fg3ny3j They didn't pay me anything to tell you that you are clueless if you think what humans are doing on earth is going to cause some global catastrophe to kill us all. You think a lobbiest paid him to say that, when in reality a lobbiest had a news network produce a story that you were gullible to believe.
Won't someone think of the peat bogs?
I wonder how many of my ancestors they dug up.
WOW😀😃😄
I'm amazed that this "news" report dedicated half the segment to a defender of peat extraction.
It's out of step with the title of the report, the economics of the obsolete industry, and the science both ecologically and on efficiency.
The only way to consider peat a cheap alternative energy source for the poor is if you dismiss the environmental costs AND ignore the labor costs in harvesting, drying and transporting.
It's unethical "journalism" to do this under the guise of objectivity.
I don't think they are doing this for extraction...
@@nathanlevesque7812- the second half literally has a guy making false claims and burning extracted peat in his fireplace.
Not sure what you were watching.
Listen here in ireland the government have a Hugh tax and carbon tax on fuel like heating oil and gas if they where serious about getting people to use cleaner fuels they would remove the taxes on them and bring them down to compete with peat cutting untill then I will continue to utilise my local bog to keep my family warm...
@@jamesdaly1401- if I remember correctly, burning peat releases 4 times more carbon than coal per BTU. And coal is much worse than oil or gas.
The fact that this isn't taxed is hardly a positve for the argument. Not that I agree with people being taxed into poverty for basic necessities.
Since the report glossed over the financial issues (in a story supposedly about peat bog restoration), how many hours do you spend harvesting and processing peat to heat your home per year, and what's the minimum wage there?
Any idea how many people still heat their homes with peat?
Thanks.
@@allanturpin2023 these guys never tell you what they do for a living, so you can never know what they can truly afford. It's mostly rhetorical BS about preserving their ways of life, blah blah blah. They could get involved politically and make positive changes to make the energy market more equitable, but chances are they're upper middle class entrepreneurial types who are heavily invested in the status quo.
Typical poor people getting I'm the way of progress.....
What a treasure you are.
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