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Is peat burning an answer to Irelands energy crisis this winter?

Now, as you may have heard on the show yesterday, the Climate Change Advisory Council is looking to make people less reliant on fossil fuels. But will the cost of living force people to rely on the like of turf burning this Winter? or would this quite...

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07.00 7 Sep 2022


Is peat burning an answer to Irelands energy crisis this winter?


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Now, as you may have heard on the show yesterday, the Climate Change Advisory Council is looking to make people less reliant on fossil fuels.

But will the cost of living force people to rely on the like of turf burning this Winter? or would this quite literally be adding fuel to the fire?

To debate Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Independent TD for the Roscommon–Galway constituency, Michael FitzMaurice, and Environmental Journalist and Commentator, John Gibbons.


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