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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by de_Selby on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @08:06AM (#9302965)
Peat accounts for close to 10% of the energy sources in Ireland. It's mostly coal and gas, but the damage done to the environment by mining peat is downplayed a lot here.

People don't realise we're destroying a natural resource.

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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by samatman on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @11:28AM (#9304353)
Thats... madness. The Icelanders destroyed their soil in a single generation. You have perhaps the most fertile island at your latitude. I wish I thought you were pranking us.

ps Flann O'Brien fan, or Robert Anton Wilson fan?

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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by de_Selby on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @01:11PM (#9305139)
Flann O'Brien! The 3rd Policeman specifically :)

Should I check Robert Anton Wilson out?

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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by samatman on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @05:32PM (#9307077)
Yes! He was a Joyce scholar, among many other things. One, perhaps several of his books and plays reference Flann O'Brien's work, which is how I came to know about it.
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