Why rely on a rare and very expensive fuel?

WHEN will it stop being front page news that there is yet another increase in fuel prices?

It has been known for decades that fossil fuel is becoming rarer and market forces make it obvious that a rare commodity becomes an expensive one.

So why is it that, as a nation, we are importing more and more fossil fuel every year instead of concentrating our efforts on producing renewable energy in Europe’s richest renewable resource - Ireland?