Ireland has various energy alternatives

IN response to John Stafford’s letter (Irish Examiner, March 12), I wish to point out that half of Ireland’s electricity could come from several sources.

These could be wave or tidal power which, as an island, we have more of than most other countries; biomass, which, due to our warm, damp climate, we produce at a higher rate than most other countries; solar thermal or photovoltaics, for which we have more resources than most other countries on the same latitude.

In addition, if we used the energy we do have less wastefully then we would have less demand. It is unpopular to suggest a reduction in use in a country so successful in expansion but this saving could be through efficiency not reduction of production.