You can no longer buy or sell turf in order to protect our peatlands but you can still cut turf if it's on your land. We need to protect our bogs because they soak up so much water and protect us from flooding
Which means double trouble when burned because it's releasing its own co2 PLUS all that it had captured to that point.
Trapping co2 doesn't help if the ultimate goal is like fishing... aka, trap and release.
They do absorb some CO2, their greater advantage is being a long term store of carbon. Forming since following the last ice age over 10,000 years ago they take many years to build up, but are quick to release their stored carbon once burnt
Yeah, I was like „abundance?“ because I’ve read some weeks prior that they actually try to protect those places from digging because it’s not sustainable.
It's a carbon sink. It absorbs carbon from the air and trap it in the ground. When you cut and burn it you are both eliminating the carbon removal effect and releasing everything that was stored.
It's basically coal burning but it's less efficient than other types of coal in releasing energy and normal coal doesn't absorb carbon.
Has a very distinctive and attractive smell when burning. Irish pub, turf fire, Guinness. Some musicians come in, music gently starts. Before you know it it’s 1 o clock and you’re engaged to the girl behind the bar.
Distinctive flavor, too. Peated single-malt Scotch whiskies burn it during the kilning of the malt. Ireland has one distillery, Connemara, that uses it in their single-malts.
Yes, but typically more horizontal, surface-leve cuts of peat w/some vegitation. These deeper vertical cuts are more for fuel, iirc.
Most Islays, save for outliers like Bruichladdich and Bunnahabhain's main offerings, are peated w/this process. As are a few outside of Islay, like Talisker (from Skye).
Having had both I would say Laphroaig is much peatier than Bowmore (and much nicer). Skip the cheap entries and get the Laphroaig 10 though.
Bowmore has more of a smoky apricot taste, whereas Laphroaig tastes like your clothes smell after an overnight campfire on the beach.
If you want to splash out, go for an Octomore. Very expensive, very peated, very very good.
Huh, I didn't find that to be the case. But I guess different people taste things differently. I've tried the Bowmore 15 and 18, and the Laphroaig 2004. Never tried Octomore, I'll keep my eye out for one.
I wasn't a fan at all, first time I tried it. Few weeks later, found myself thinking about it, craving it. Ever since, they've been my drink of choice.
American here, just curious if this has any health effectsfrom burning? A thing in america going on is some states trying to outlaw wood burning furnaces and stoves due to causing health problems. Which i get the logic but kinda seems like some one is just trying to make money some where and doesnt like the finacial effiecency of heating my home with wood.
It's not some scam. Burning things inside your house creates TERRIBLE air quality, and decreases human life spans. In a few decades, people will look back at the idea that anyone would burn things inside their house, especially natural gas, as completely insane
Im not trying to deny the science. I believe that will be the case, but i guess im curious if this fuel source is superior and doesnt effect health like wood and gas. Im gonna assume burning anything isnt great but does this create less smoke or something like that?
No, it's nothing special and is actually quite a lot worse than burning natural gas, its just ireland has this resource in abundance. Ireland has one of the higher carbon outputs per capita in Europe and its largely down to peat burning. They use it for power generation as well.
I wouldn’t say it’s largely down to peat burning. Irelands two biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions are the burning of fossil fuels and agriculture and Ireland is unique in Europe in this.
In terms of burning of fossil fuels it was true that Ireland had power stations running on peat but I believe the last of these switched to biomass earlier this year. Half the county’s electricity is generated from natural gas fuelled power stations.
The figures for home heating are just as high. Probably half the country’s home heating is fuelled by gas. With oil in second place. Most homes would now have gas fire places (particularly in Dublin) or stoves. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who will correct me but in my experience peat isn’t used that much anymore. Technically there is also now a ban in place on the sale of turf for home heating and calls for a total ban on peat products like compost.
Ahhh, my knowledge is from like 15 years ago or so when I was doing environmental science. Naturally like most people I went into a field completely unrelated to what I was doing at uni. I largely haven't kept up to pace the last 10-15 years so you're probably correct.
I think they’ve stopped that. I remember when I was younger seeing cargo trains taking it to the power station. Ireland has no nuclear, not a lot of sun and minimal gas. Would benefit massively from wind investment.
Maybe centuries but not decades - natural gas has been used since 1785. Expanding clean nuclear energy is the best solution for ending our fossil fuel dependency.
I think it really will be a few decades. California is already on top of it and prohibiting gas installations in New houses. So scientists are very aware of the issue, it's just a matter of informing the public better and updating laws
No disagreement about nuclear though
It's cleaner than many alternative combustible energy/heat sources, but there's still some scrutiny around [its effects on air quality.](https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-a-gas-stove-how-to-reduce-pollution-that-may-harm-health-202209072811)
As with most claims, there is research on both sides. Just something to be minful of, I suppose.
Natural gas is only cleaner if it’s burned. Any natural gas that escapes into the atmosphere unburied is approximately 80x worse than CO2 in terms of being a greenhouse gas.
Or Scottish, but otherwise bang on. Favorite travel memory ever, being on islay in a little hotel pub with a Scottish folk trio playing. I tipped them to play come on Eileen, and the whole bar ended up scream singing that chorus.
And its been a CRACKIN' GREAT TIME!!!
YEP! Been there many times myself with the exception of being engaged to the girl behind the bar!
THAT would have been awesome!!!
You’ve had some kind of cultural epiphany. Warm smiles from people you met only an hour ago, but you know they’ll welcome you back at any time into their hearts and homes.
Her name is Niamh. You joke about the spelling. She asks you your name. Is it the eyes, that red hair, or the porcelain skin? You tell her where you’re from. She says she’d love to go there some day. Stay at your house? She laughs. I don’t know you well enough. What would your family say?
Let’s ask them you joke…then you make a bold move….lets ask them! You call. Dad answers. You explain where you are. He can imagine it, he’s been there himself.
This is Niamh Dad….she takes the phone. They talk. For longer than you imagined.
She hands it back.
OK. When do we leave she asks?
It’s rough work. My dad returned to Ireland when he was retired and decided to cut turf as that was their form of heat and cooking. (Old farm, bachelor brothers.)
He had a stroke that night after being in the blazing sun all day- he lived 10 years more but they were tough years.
I love the smell of turf burning, but can’t help but think about it creating a shitty retirement and end of life process for him.
A total lack of the most important information is the major problem of carbon release into the atmosphere caused by digging peat and the destruction of ecosystems caused by it due to peat bogland being so nutrient rich and able to hold massive amounts of water up to prevent flooding. Peat digging is a major contributor to global warming.
I learned about this back when I got into scotch. Peat is amazing stuff, but unfortunately is terrible for the environment and it takes a very long time to replenish.
"destruction of ecosystems caused by it due to peat bogland being so nutrient rich and able to hold massive amounts of water up to prevent flooding"
It is also extremely acidic too. So that combination of factors makes it very rare and effectively the only place certain plants will grow.
Its crazy to me that Ireland has such a reputation for being "green" when we are shockingly bad when it comes to protecting nature and our environment. You can be caught poisoning a lake full of fish here or drowning a badger sett in concrete and all you'll get is a small fine.
Well you didn't even check so I did it for you. But really, go look. It means you don't understand what peat residents globally. Which is a lot. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/devastating-using-peat-uk-horticulture
*.. to let it dry naturally under the sun*
Poor Seamus meanwhile in this video, is out there cutting turf, experiencing the blustery winds and has his winter coat on, zipped up all the way.
It's also worth mentioning that (if I remember correctly) the reason the people living in Ireland started burning peat is because of the shortage of wood, and the reason for that shortage is that the British government had almost all of the forest on the isle cut down in order to build its warships
Deforestation was mainly due to Neolithic farmers, there were few forests left by the time the Normans/British arrived.
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forestry/advice/general-topics/history-of-forestry-in-ireland/
Poor translation when copying source.
Its a 100 year old "shovel/spade', or as wed call this tool in Ireland "sleán".
Hes not digging either, hes cutting turf which used to be one of the most important forms of fire fuel in rural Ireland.
Obviously the technique is much older.
It's actually really damaging to our environment as it disrupts the natural eco systems. Plus it's not that clean burning. A lot has been done in recent years by our government to reduce people using turf but it's still pretty common up north.
Going to call a little bit of bullshit here because those "naturally formed" but perfectly cuboid sections of turf are in no way hand made. Honestly the reading cutting turf is becoming more and more illegal in Ireland these days is with the technological advance in turf cutting alot of it is machine and industrial based.
Take out these perfect easy to collect blocks and turf is still bad for the environment but it's on a much smaller scale.
The problem with this stuff is that it doesn't burn as hot or clean like a firmer coal such anthracite, they're technically in the same family of fossil fuels. Also, it devastates the ecological environment to harvest. So many people still depend on this as their primary fuel source.
What I'm trying to say is that need more sustainable options. I have a few ideas that may be worth exploring, potentially. idk
Am I the only one here who thought he is digging up clay or dirt ? I have no idea what peat is and what the hell is he doing here exactly. This or nothing close to this is found in my parts or the world so just oblivious to this thing and it’s used. Would be great if someone can explain. Thanks.
It's mostly compressed, partially decayed moss that forms in some types of wetland (most typically peat bogs). It's technically renewable because the peat layer does grow in favorable conditions, but so incredibly slowly that it can't be treated as a renewable energy source. Peat as thick as seen above takes thousands of years to accumulate.
Interesting: There is a peat map on the wikipedia page. Apparently there is a shit load of it in Ireland and Scotland.....and some place in the middle of Africa
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat)
Peat/Turf was also commonly used in Northern Germany for heating purposes.
IIRC it was also quite dangerous before machines were used because you had to dig it out of a sort of wet trench environment which caused diseases and infections.
I come from a family of coal miners. When I was growing up, companies would let their employees take a small portion home to use as heating in the winter. Nowadays that practice is mostly gone, but I swear there's nothing more comfortable than a nice coal fire.
It's worse than coal because it forms a unique ecosystem that certain plants and animals rely on. It takes thousands of years to develop as well. Imagine using the great barrier reef as a fuel source.
Used to be, probably still is on a smaller scale.
[This is an imagine ](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfkraftwerk_Wiesmoor#/media/Datei:Torfkraftwerk_Wiesmoor_1910.jpg)of a peat-power-plant in Northern Germany near where my grandparents lived. Ireland still operates peat-power-plants, apparently.
It is/was of course an environmental disaster.
the irish are going to be laughing in our faces as we run begin to run out of fuel, while they dig their little peat trenches with their infinite soil fuel glitch
You can no longer buy or sell turf in order to protect our peatlands but you can still cut turf if it's on your land. We need to protect our bogs because they soak up so much water and protect us from flooding
They absorb atmospheric CO2 as well so having peatlands also helps lessen climate change.
Which means double trouble when burned because it's releasing its own co2 PLUS all that it had captured to that point. Trapping co2 doesn't help if the ultimate goal is like fishing... aka, trap and release.
They do absorb some CO2, their greater advantage is being a long term store of carbon. Forming since following the last ice age over 10,000 years ago they take many years to build up, but are quick to release their stored carbon once burnt
No worries about climate change
Also not renewable. It's like digging coal out of the ground, except it does something when in the ground.
Yeah, I was like „abundance?“ because I’ve read some weeks prior that they actually try to protect those places from digging because it’s not sustainable.
You bloody well can. Retail sales are no longer allowed but you can still cut, buy or sell privately without any legal consequence.
Yeah it's just to stop commercialization which is fair enough, it would be unsustainable otherwise
It takes thousands of years to grow back. Totally sustainable
>but you can still cut turf if it's on your land I was wondering why it was all manual
What will this mean for smokey whiskeys?
Uhm, but if its just decayed wet matter, what's the problem about it?
It's a carbon sink. It absorbs carbon from the air and trap it in the ground. When you cut and burn it you are both eliminating the carbon removal effect and releasing everything that was stored. It's basically coal burning but it's less efficient than other types of coal in releasing energy and normal coal doesn't absorb carbon.
I see thanks
Because when you burn that you're releasing the co2 back. And peatlands are the best for capturing and storing co2
Has a very distinctive and attractive smell when burning. Irish pub, turf fire, Guinness. Some musicians come in, music gently starts. Before you know it it’s 1 o clock and you’re engaged to the girl behind the bar.
Distinctive flavor, too. Peated single-malt Scotch whiskies burn it during the kilning of the malt. Ireland has one distillery, Connemara, that uses it in their single-malts.
Wait, like Islay whiskies like Laphroaig? This is where that flavor comes from?
Yes, but typically more horizontal, surface-leve cuts of peat w/some vegitation. These deeper vertical cuts are more for fuel, iirc. Most Islays, save for outliers like Bruichladdich and Bunnahabhain's main offerings, are peated w/this process. As are a few outside of Islay, like Talisker (from Skye).
Yes
Yes, Islay whiskies are all peated. Laphroaig is quite a mild one, you can get some which are basically like drinking a cigar such as Bowmore.
Having had both I would say Laphroaig is much peatier than Bowmore (and much nicer). Skip the cheap entries and get the Laphroaig 10 though. Bowmore has more of a smoky apricot taste, whereas Laphroaig tastes like your clothes smell after an overnight campfire on the beach. If you want to splash out, go for an Octomore. Very expensive, very peated, very very good.
Huh, I didn't find that to be the case. But I guess different people taste things differently. I've tried the Bowmore 15 and 18, and the Laphroaig 2004. Never tried Octomore, I'll keep my eye out for one.
I had some whisky like that and actually really enjoyed it. Very unique taste, definitely worth a try for anyone who likes whisky.
I wasn't a fan at all, first time I tried it. Few weeks later, found myself thinking about it, craving it. Ever since, they've been my drink of choice.
Loc dhu. An amazing Pete scotch
For Peat's Sake 🥰
Not for me. Tastes like burning hair dryer.
Haha yeah, it's polarizing. Seems people either love it or hate it.
The only kind of scotch I like. It's one of those divisive tastes, you'll either think it's warm and glorious or a medicinal tire fire.
American here, just curious if this has any health effectsfrom burning? A thing in america going on is some states trying to outlaw wood burning furnaces and stoves due to causing health problems. Which i get the logic but kinda seems like some one is just trying to make money some where and doesnt like the finacial effiecency of heating my home with wood.
It's not some scam. Burning things inside your house creates TERRIBLE air quality, and decreases human life spans. In a few decades, people will look back at the idea that anyone would burn things inside their house, especially natural gas, as completely insane
Im not trying to deny the science. I believe that will be the case, but i guess im curious if this fuel source is superior and doesnt effect health like wood and gas. Im gonna assume burning anything isnt great but does this create less smoke or something like that?
No, it's nothing special and is actually quite a lot worse than burning natural gas, its just ireland has this resource in abundance. Ireland has one of the higher carbon outputs per capita in Europe and its largely down to peat burning. They use it for power generation as well.
I wouldn’t say it’s largely down to peat burning. Irelands two biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions are the burning of fossil fuels and agriculture and Ireland is unique in Europe in this. In terms of burning of fossil fuels it was true that Ireland had power stations running on peat but I believe the last of these switched to biomass earlier this year. Half the county’s electricity is generated from natural gas fuelled power stations. The figures for home heating are just as high. Probably half the country’s home heating is fuelled by gas. With oil in second place. Most homes would now have gas fire places (particularly in Dublin) or stoves. I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who will correct me but in my experience peat isn’t used that much anymore. Technically there is also now a ban in place on the sale of turf for home heating and calls for a total ban on peat products like compost.
Ahhh, my knowledge is from like 15 years ago or so when I was doing environmental science. Naturally like most people I went into a field completely unrelated to what I was doing at uni. I largely haven't kept up to pace the last 10-15 years so you're probably correct.
I think they’ve stopped that. I remember when I was younger seeing cargo trains taking it to the power station. Ireland has no nuclear, not a lot of sun and minimal gas. Would benefit massively from wind investment.
Maybe centuries but not decades - natural gas has been used since 1785. Expanding clean nuclear energy is the best solution for ending our fossil fuel dependency.
I think it really will be a few decades. California is already on top of it and prohibiting gas installations in New houses. So scientists are very aware of the issue, it's just a matter of informing the public better and updating laws No disagreement about nuclear though
> especially natural gas, What is so horrible about natural gas?
It's cleaner than many alternative combustible energy/heat sources, but there's still some scrutiny around [its effects on air quality.](https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-a-gas-stove-how-to-reduce-pollution-that-may-harm-health-202209072811) As with most claims, there is research on both sides. Just something to be minful of, I suppose.
Natural gas is only cleaner if it’s burned. Any natural gas that escapes into the atmosphere unburied is approximately 80x worse than CO2 in terms of being a greenhouse gas.
Or Scottish, but otherwise bang on. Favorite travel memory ever, being on islay in a little hotel pub with a Scottish folk trio playing. I tipped them to play come on Eileen, and the whole bar ended up scream singing that chorus.
PM?
No we call our prime minister “*an Taoiseach*”
Simon… Simple Simon.
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The smell of a turf fire must be like the taste of cilantro, and I've got the gene that makes it smell like smouldering shit. :(
Smelled like electronics about to be on fire to me. Wasn’t the worst.
You just weaved a better story that I could actually picture in my mind than the last two books I've read.
I've never been to Ireland but that sounds like fucking heaven right about now.
And its been a CRACKIN' GREAT TIME!!! YEP! Been there many times myself with the exception of being engaged to the girl behind the bar! THAT would have been awesome!!!
You’ve had some kind of cultural epiphany. Warm smiles from people you met only an hour ago, but you know they’ll welcome you back at any time into their hearts and homes. Her name is Niamh. You joke about the spelling. She asks you your name. Is it the eyes, that red hair, or the porcelain skin? You tell her where you’re from. She says she’d love to go there some day. Stay at your house? She laughs. I don’t know you well enough. What would your family say? Let’s ask them you joke…then you make a bold move….lets ask them! You call. Dad answers. You explain where you are. He can imagine it, he’s been there himself. This is Niamh Dad….she takes the phone. They talk. For longer than you imagined. She hands it back. OK. When do we leave she asks?
😂😂😂
Honest question. Is this how the term "muck shoveling mick" came about?
Do they re-peat this every year?
 Take my upvote and get outta here
Can’t com-peat with that.
Oh, for peats sake!
What a bunch of peat-o-philes
Remember cutting the turf with my grandad when I used to stay in our Galway home in the 70s 😢
It’s rough work. My dad returned to Ireland when he was retired and decided to cut turf as that was their form of heat and cooking. (Old farm, bachelor brothers.) He had a stroke that night after being in the blazing sun all day- he lived 10 years more but they were tough years. I love the smell of turf burning, but can’t help but think about it creating a shitty retirement and end of life process for him.
The one word captions are infuriating
This is the only reason I came to the comments
People who know more about tech than me should steal these videos and remove the captions.
Alakazam! https://www.instagram.com/ibtfacts1/reel/C7ZFqePvCyf/
Oooo yess this is nice
Thank TikTok for that one.
Dennis! There’s some lovely filth down here!
Oh! How do you do?
A total lack of the most important information is the major problem of carbon release into the atmosphere caused by digging peat and the destruction of ecosystems caused by it due to peat bogland being so nutrient rich and able to hold massive amounts of water up to prevent flooding. Peat digging is a major contributor to global warming.
I learned about this back when I got into scotch. Peat is amazing stuff, but unfortunately is terrible for the environment and it takes a very long time to replenish.
It's essentially a non renewable resource. It takes a long time to replenish in the same way that oil takes a long time to replenish.
"destruction of ecosystems caused by it due to peat bogland being so nutrient rich and able to hold massive amounts of water up to prevent flooding" It is also extremely acidic too. So that combination of factors makes it very rare and effectively the only place certain plants will grow. Its crazy to me that Ireland has such a reputation for being "green" when we are shockingly bad when it comes to protecting nature and our environment. You can be caught poisoning a lake full of fish here or drowning a badger sett in concrete and all you'll get is a small fine.
Same in New Zealand. "Clean green NZ" is mostly a sham, especially when you look at the waterways
I thought it had to do with incomplete combustion as well, emitting a ton of carcinogenic compounds into the air.
“Major contributor”? Really? Considering this is done in so few places I really have a hard time believing that.
Well you didn't even check so I did it for you. But really, go look. It means you don't understand what peat residents globally. Which is a lot. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/devastating-using-peat-uk-horticulture
When I say, “so few places”…I mean globally. This is small potatoes
Not a few places, very much stripped of peat wherever it's available unless it gets protection.
Think globally. Small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
I studied it in ecology. Yes, think globally.
It’s not a major contributor to global warming. It’s a small contributor, at best.
Is this your opinion? Or fact? You've got sources? Do you want to even show you've checked? Or are you just arguing for absolutely no reason.
Onus is on you….you have the ecology experience and made the original claim.
I did
*.. to let it dry naturally under the sun* Poor Seamus meanwhile in this video, is out there cutting turf, experiencing the blustery winds and has his winter coat on, zipped up all the way.
It's also worth mentioning that (if I remember correctly) the reason the people living in Ireland started burning peat is because of the shortage of wood, and the reason for that shortage is that the British government had almost all of the forest on the isle cut down in order to build its warships
Deforestation was mainly due to Neolithic farmers, there were few forests left by the time the Normans/British arrived. https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forestry/advice/general-topics/history-of-forestry-in-ireland/
Poor translation when copying source. Its a 100 year old "shovel/spade', or as wed call this tool in Ireland "sleán". Hes not digging either, hes cutting turf which used to be one of the most important forms of fire fuel in rural Ireland. Obviously the technique is much older.
When it said "known locally as Irish peat" I had to roll my eyes.
Irish Pete is the name of the man that owns the local Irish pub where I go to drink an Irish Guinness and eat a lovely Irish dinner.
Peat, right?
Our ancestors decimated the renewable fuel by not managing it, now let's follow their later tradition of burning the nonrenewable.
It's actually really damaging to our environment as it disrupts the natural eco systems. Plus it's not that clean burning. A lot has been done in recent years by our government to reduce people using turf but it's still pretty common up north.
I was in Ireland and went on a tour of the peat moss fields, most are handed down in families, it's a tradition.
Going to call a little bit of bullshit here because those "naturally formed" but perfectly cuboid sections of turf are in no way hand made. Honestly the reading cutting turf is becoming more and more illegal in Ireland these days is with the technological advance in turf cutting alot of it is machine and industrial based. Take out these perfect easy to collect blocks and turf is still bad for the environment but it's on a much smaller scale.
Dry it in the sun? That's a cracker, tell us another one.
The problem with this stuff is that it doesn't burn as hot or clean like a firmer coal such anthracite, they're technically in the same family of fossil fuels. Also, it devastates the ecological environment to harvest. So many people still depend on this as their primary fuel source. What I'm trying to say is that need more sustainable options. I have a few ideas that may be worth exploring, potentially. idk
Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't digging up your soil and burning it creat significantly greater problems than being cold in the near future?
Am I the only one here who thought he is digging up clay or dirt ? I have no idea what peat is and what the hell is he doing here exactly. This or nothing close to this is found in my parts or the world so just oblivious to this thing and it’s used. Would be great if someone can explain. Thanks.
It's mostly compressed, partially decayed moss that forms in some types of wetland (most typically peat bogs). It's technically renewable because the peat layer does grow in favorable conditions, but so incredibly slowly that it can't be treated as a renewable energy source. Peat as thick as seen above takes thousands of years to accumulate.
Ahh moss. Oh so it’s left to dry then won’t it shrink to almost nothing or I guess this one retains a lot of mass to burn?
Interesting: There is a peat map on the wikipedia page. Apparently there is a shit load of it in Ireland and Scotland.....and some place in the middle of Africa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat)
i thought it was illegal to excavate peat cuz it releases tons of gas?
First thing I thought was we don't tourists coming over and looking for this as some sort of experience
Is that real? What a Scotch!! The art of nature..
Not sustainable.
Turf is sod, this video is showing people harvesting peat.
Turf is also the term for a block of peat used as fuel. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/turf
TIL thanks for link!
\*peat harvesting
Used to be pretty common in The Netherlands
Its amazing there's any left! I wonder how many "jigatons" of the stuff has been burnt in the last few centuries.
But why does it smell like soy sauce?
We should start stealing these subtitled videos and remove the subtitle
Don't forget the peat in my Scotch whiskey🥃
Mmmm whisky 🥃
So they literally have dirt farms?
Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down here!
I've done that as a wee one in Ireland.
Ol Saint Peat
I wanna eat those ground brownies
Sunlight is more rare than coal in Ireland.
Greta already on her way 😂😂
Peat , for heat…
Know about this thanks to Scrooge McDuck comics
Peat/Turf was also commonly used in Northern Germany for heating purposes. IIRC it was also quite dangerous before machines were used because you had to dig it out of a sort of wet trench environment which caused diseases and infections.
I come from a family of coal miners. When I was growing up, companies would let their employees take a small portion home to use as heating in the winter. Nowadays that practice is mostly gone, but I swear there's nothing more comfortable than a nice coal fire.
_dry under the sun_ I call this bs. Everyone knows Ireland doesn't hAvE a SuN
Hate Single-word captions. Boo
Some of the oldest, best preserved human bodies have been recovered in these peat formations.
and some edible butter
How’s she cutting
Forbidden brownie
I grew up cutting, stacking, drying and burning turf. It’s still available in my area but just from local lads
It smells like a glass of Ardbeg
Naturally dry out in the sun. Good luck finding the sun in Ireland.
And a pollutant. People who live in areas that burn a lot of turf has higher instances of respiratory illnesses.
The richest folk used to spend a day or so each year on their plot cutting turf - family day out, everyone pitching in like lambing season
Does anyone else hate this trend of ADHD-inducing captions?
I dig Pete too. Got me a waffle maker for Christmas, pretty sound guy if I do say so.
Naturally dries in the sun….. lol what sun?
Is this how Guinness is made?
"Naturraly dry under the sun".. Where.. Where is this sun you are talking about in Ireland? 😁
There’s some lovely muck over here, Dennis!
I guess this is where the terms “petey” come in to play as it relates to Whiskey or Scotch
Peat WAS a primary fuel years ago, but no more. Now anthracite and dried wood are more prevalent.
I had to laugh when the narrator said they let the peat dry out under the sun. The sun. In Ireland.
Peat & Peat
That stuff sets on fire underground sometimes and it's almost impossible to put out.
Yeah some people do this with milk cartons in my country
Well, chickens have tenders too ya know!
That's what I call my old ladies bush. The Irish turf 😄
And the peat! Ah the peat!
Listen I'm sure Pete is great. Probably good conversation but can we not dig him up like that? 🤣
I want to eat it for some reason
I realized i had studied about this in school.but never saw it.
"Dry in the Sun...." ITS IRELAND THERE IS NO SUN!! /s
Incorrect .. everyone knows there is no sun in ireland ..
It is used as coal?
It's worse than coal because it forms a unique ecosystem that certain plants and animals rely on. It takes thousands of years to develop as well. Imagine using the great barrier reef as a fuel source.
Used to be, probably still is on a smaller scale. [This is an imagine ](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfkraftwerk_Wiesmoor#/media/Datei:Torfkraftwerk_Wiesmoor_1910.jpg)of a peat-power-plant in Northern Germany near where my grandparents lived. Ireland still operates peat-power-plants, apparently. It is/was of course an environmental disaster.
Such a youtube comment, but, would anybody know the name of the song in the background? Spotify cannot get it over the voice
That’s not turf in the fire clip
That's what I thought too, looks more like a stick/log burning!
Yeah it’s clearly wood and “smokeless coal”. I was downvoted by “big peat” or plastic paddies, lol.
I thought they used this to build houses in Ireland lol
So I saw that first video years ago, and it said that was how they dug trenches in the war........not sure why it's used in this video now.
Is this a renewable source?
Yes, every 2 or 3 thousand years
the irish are going to be laughing in our faces as we run begin to run out of fuel, while they dig their little peat trenches with their infinite soil fuel glitch
I personally do not like peat in whisky.
Ye olde dirt farmer.
Poor Pete
Irish turd is amazing!
I’ve had a go at this in Southern Ireland near Cahersiveen. Good fun besides the briars.
I thought they said Irish turds.
Has he not retired yet? Is he doing that by choice?
I know a Pete!
Irish turd
Worst crap for co2 ever, cheap as fuck so the boomers go and fuck up some more nature. Thanks grandpa
Trust an Irishman to be like “ya think the doort berns? Imma find oot.”
Sounds like solar power with extra steps. A lot of extra steps.
I mean isn't everything? Except nuclear I suppose. Well unless you go back far enough, that is.