RTE should be doing that if they want to remain relevant. I already cannot record it on Virgin. Viewingship must be plummeting. RTE player cannot compete with YouTube Excellent programme BTW.
Unfortunately you are correct. But Ireland has a tendency to be light touch with companies. Same thing with regulating the EU IT industry. C.f. apple money
Well she is clearly anti-EU (but pro-European, which is vacuous). She thought that Brexit was a good thing. Fine. But pro-EU voters are making a mistake by voting for her.
So let me get this right. Catherine Connolly wished she had awakened to the "militarisation of Europe" earlier than for the Nice Treaty over 20 years ago? Seems to me those baby steps in the Nice Treaty have been proved utterly necessary in the face of Putin and Trump...
The rationing is a good idea, although people will just fly to London and then off to wherever they want to go after that. But it needs to be introduced gently, with a large quota and a time plan for tightening. So not like water charges then.
But net zero by 2050 is a total pipe dream, not only in Ireland but in any country. The amount of degrowth necessary will not willingly be accepted by people. It will happen by itself, of course, once crop failure becomes the norm. Most politicians are just not delaying the crash landing.
It's show me the money time, though: business productivity gains have to be demonstrated this year. Private users won't fund this orgy. And doing deals between AI companies can only delay the reckoning and actually make it worse...
I am curious about the fear of China. Historically, over the past few centuries, they have been victims rather than perpetrators of war. Things can change of course. Starting with Taiwan, to which they would have a stronger claim than Russia's claim on Ukraine.
Many of these are positive feedback loop. And as human co2 emission are still increasing 3 deg sooner than linear is unavoidable. And 3 will lead to more positive feed back. The only negative feedback is uncontrolled degrowth ...
Ah Ah! It's not even 2% of his wealth: it is 2% of wealth minus all the taxes he already pays... He should not worry at all. Unless, of course, his tax liabilities are currently 0... www.theguardian.com/business/202...
