Cabinet approval for a new home energy upgrade scheme this Tuesday illustrates just one of the many facets in the tension between the way we choose to live, the technologies available to deliver this lifestyle and the impact their combination has on the environment – more specifically on climate change. In this instance, government policy is to accept that most Irish people want to continue living in their large, detached or semi-detached houses and not to deprive them of comfortable heating. Therefore, the only option is to apply new insulation and heating technologies to those homes to deliver this level…

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