> Did you see a quote from a scientist in this article?

The article cited the latest figures from Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO).

There's little need here for Niels Bohr or a bleeding edge virologist to lean in on annual summary stats on civil infrastructure usage.

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hunterpayne 44 minutes ago | parent [-]

Those are not scientists. They also compute GDP.

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defrost 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Why do they need "a scientist" to compound statistics?

They certainly have BSc Mathematics types. What is the additional scientific discipline you think needs to weigh in here?

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hunterpayne 36 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Your post doesn't have a reply link for some reasons but here is my response. What they need is expertise in energy generation. They need to understand concepts like a duck curve, power storage and its material requirements, relative EROEI of various power generation sources and a basic understanding of when newer forms of generation are likely to be ready. For instance, they should understand that renewables need to be well sited. They need to understand that the solar albino of Ireland is (far) too low for solar PV to be effective. Things of this nature. Engineering things around energy generation and the physics of how a grid works. If you don't understand these things, you are throwing darts at a dart board when you try to provide analysis of various types of industrial infrastructure.

	▲	defrost 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So, you want a different article then. This article reports that Irish data centres use a particular percentage of the countries power. > What they need is expertise in energy generation. Okay, so an actual Electrical Engineer with grid scale experience. > They need to understand concepts like a duck curve, power storage and its material requirements, relative EROEI of various power generation sources and a basic understanding of when newer forms of generation are likely to be ready. Many people with a STEM background understand these things .. they are not generally called "scientists" in Commonwealth English.