It is obvious that most of us have intuitively arrived at the conclusion that retrofitting doesn’t make sense for us. The short answer is our failure to mobilise our abundant renewable energy resources, most obviously wind. It is no coincidence the EU member states that are on track to meet their binding climate action targets are the ones that focused on renewable energy. Rather than bite the bullet on tackling the impediment to developing renewable energy assets we cobbled together some magical thinking about retrofitting and electric vehicles. The real issue now is whether we should continue with this failed plan or just scrap it and focus on clearing the roadblocks to developing renewable energy.

Source: The Irish Times March 11, 2026 15:56 UTC