“say engineers”?? For the umpteenth time: the self-styled “Irish Academy of Engineers” is a tiny, closed, self-selected, club, who regularly engage in #ImplicatoryDenial and advocate for #PredatoryDelay in climate action. They do *not* represent the IE engineering profession.
Ireland should reconvert Moneypoint to coal, say engineers
Ireland should reconvert Moneypoint to coal, say engineers
Engineers warn that Republic must bolster energy security
www.irishtimes.com
May 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
“say engineers”?? For the umpteenth time: the self-styled “Irish Academy of Engineers” is a tiny, closed, self-selected, club, who regularly engage in #ImplicatoryDenial and advocate for #PredatoryDelay in climate action. They do *not* represent the IE engineering profession.
Such comments by #IAE members "distancing" themselves from its most egregious climate ignorance are welcome of course. But it's not like this is a new development: the #IAE consistently promotes #ImplicatoryDenial and #PredatoryDelay. So why do they *remain as members* at all?
May 18, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Such comments by #IAE members "distancing" themselves from its most egregious climate ignorance are welcome of course. But it's not like this is a new development: the #IAE consistently promotes #ImplicatoryDenial and #PredatoryDelay. So why do they *remain as members* at all?
"I’m aware of the environmental arguments against flying, but that should probably be the subject of another column." [Nope: should *definitely* have been the subject of this one! Indeed, the *only* subject of it. #ImplicatoryDenial]
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
David McWilliams: No single location captures global nature of Irish economy more than Dublin Airport
Look up at the screen in Dublin Airport and marvel at all those destinations and what they mean. Think of all the people coming and going. Consider all the ideas, schemes and plans, the commerce, the ...
www.irishtimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"I’m aware of the environmental arguments against flying, but that should probably be the subject of another column." [Nope: should *definitely* have been the subject of this one! Indeed, the *only* subject of it. #ImplicatoryDenial]
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Implicatory denial -- the psychology that rules our lives -- is summarized here in three minutes by George Marshall in a story of a friend at a dinner party:
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George Marshall
YouTube video by City Atlas
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February 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It would be difficult to overstate just how appallingly bad it was - the questions posed was weak in themselves, but the leaders responses were just ... awful. All of them. #ImplicatoryDenial and #PredatoryDelay writ large.
November 27, 2024 at 11:32 AM
It would be difficult to overstate just how appallingly bad it was - the questions posed was weak in themselves, but the leaders responses were just ... awful. All of them. #ImplicatoryDenial and #PredatoryDelay writ large.
"... Not only are we on course to blow our first two carbon budgets to 2030, the sectoral ceilings agreed by the last government already don’t add up to meet the 2030 budget, in fact they exceed it..." #ImplicatoryDenial #PredatoryDelay
www.antaisce.org/news/time-fo...
www.antaisce.org/news/time-fo...
Time for talking tough on Climate
An Taisce is calling on the next government to rigorously implement the Irish Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act. They need to comply with the very climate law that they themselves put in p...
www.antaisce.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"... Not only are we on course to blow our first two carbon budgets to 2030, the sectoral ceilings agreed by the last government already don’t add up to meet the 2030 budget, in fact they exceed it..." #ImplicatoryDenial #PredatoryDelay
www.antaisce.org/news/time-fo...
www.antaisce.org/news/time-fo...
[ #TacticalFatalism is a form of #ImplicatoryDenial - perhaps the most pernicious form to date. Urg.]
June 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
[ #TacticalFatalism is a form of #ImplicatoryDenial - perhaps the most pernicious form to date. Urg.]