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Why the sudden hysteria over climate change?

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    #722
    batgoat
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    jackboy wrote: »
    What else could it’s purpose be. What hate crime is not covered under current legislation?

    According to the Gardai, there's no clear definition of hate crimes and mechanisms for reporting such crimes need to be improved. There you go. Maybe start an outraged thread on it.


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    #723
    jackboy
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    batgoat wrote: »
    According to the Gardai, there's no clear definition of hate crimes and mechanisms for reporting such crimes need to be improved. There you go. Maybe start an outraged thread on it.

    So you can’t name one hate crime not covered in current legislation. Not only that, but now you are saying that the Gardai don’t know what a hate crime is.


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    #724
    20Cent
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    Scientist: when this water reaches 100 degrees it will boil and turn to steam.

    Climate denier: no it won't because Leonardo DiCaprio flies in a private plane.


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    #725
    Shai
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Shai


    jackboy wrote: »
    So you can’t name one hate crime not covered in current legislation. Not only that, but now you are saying that the Gardai don’t know what a hate crime is.
    correct, there is currently no legal framework for hate crimes in Ireland.


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    #726
    blinding
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    After sorting out the excessive population growth and re-educating consumers not to buy and throw away short lived "disposable" products.
    Human beings talk a great story about these things . The vast majority will go back to the way they have been very quickly .


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    #727
    blinding
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Scientist: when this water reaches 100 degrees it will boil and turn to steam.

    Climate denier: no it won't because Leonardo DiCaprio flies in a private plane.
    It wouldn’t hurt if the Luvvies put their brains in gear .

    Yer wan flying from Los Angeles and back in to protest about climate change show the dumb bubble some of these prats are in .

    Extinction Rebellion disrupting Public transport in London is more brain dead stuff .

    I hope these peoples thinking on the broader picture is not just more dumb stuff .


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    #728
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    20Cent wrote: »
    Scientist: when this water reaches 100 degrees it will boil and turn to steam.

    Climate denier: no it won't because Leonardo DiCaprio flies in a private plane.

    You must be drained after that comment.


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    #729
    jonnny68
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    Middle class millennials think its trendy to drone on about climate change they haven't really a clue what they are taking about ,reminds me of a few years ago when the fairtrade thing was trendy and the kids all latched onto it, you rarely hear anything about it now.

    Inevitably this climate thing will slowly be forgotten about until the next "trendy" subject gets their attention.

    SAD BUT TRUE.


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    #730
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Is there a chart to showing the correlation over recent years between climate change hysteria and the dumbing down of our education system.


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    #731
    Water John
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    Not sure where you're going with that line of thought? We had a Professor running in Ireland south who was a climate change denier.


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    #732
    Fighting Tao
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    I love the hysteria in this thread about the Greens gains.


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    #733
    Water John
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    If there are to be carbon taxes, I would believe it could be close to tax neutral. Lobby for that rather than be against change in behaviour.


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    #734
    puppieperson1
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    The environment takes the focus of the immigrants flooding the country. the hotter it gets the more at home they will feel coming from Africa and all that but wait till the winter comes with frost and snow and rain they'll be frozen , no they wont they will be in the houses we should be in ......


    europe is a cesspool of deceit and we are being sold whole load of lies.!! Yes the temperature is rising naturally via mother nature but this lot are using it to tax us and terrorise us. Why else would RTE the fake news mainstream give such a platform to that mchugh girl who has come from no where to top the polls?? to divert from the real **** we are in up to our necks.......


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    #735
    SirGerryAdams
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Taxes can be used to change behaviour like taxing tobacco more or giving tax relief for doing something good like recycling or solar panels.

    If you tax tobacco people can either pay and put up or else give up. No one needs tobacco to survive.

    When you tax diesel people need it to go to work.


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    #736
    batgoat
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    puppieperson1 wrote: »
    The environment takes the focus of the immigrants flooding the country. the hotter it gets the more at home they will feel coming from Africa and all that but wait till the winter comes with frost and snow and rain they'll be frozen , no they wont they will be in the houses we should be in ......


    europe is a cesspool of deceit and we are being sold whole load of lies.!! Yes the temperature is rising naturally via mother nature but this lot are using it to tax us and terrorise us. Why else would RTE the fake news mainstream give such a platform to that mchugh girl who has come from no where to top the polls?? to divert from the real **** we are in up to our necks.......

    Nonsensical racist rant in a climate change thread.... What even...


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    #737
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    20Cent wrote: »
    Taxes can be used to change behaviour like taxing tobacco more or giving tax relief for doing something good like recycling or solar panels.

    Recycling and solar panels? you need to do some proper research on those two because they are not what you believe.


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    #738
    20Cent
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    Leo Varadkar received the message today that climate is a big concern for many.


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    #739
    bfa1509
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    puppieperson1 wrote: »
    Why else would RTE the fake news mainstream give such a platform to that mchugh girl who has come from no where to top the polls?? to divert from the real **** we are in up to our necks.......

    Excuse me! Be careful what you say about our future Taoiseach and leader of the majority Green Party Government of 2020:



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    #740
    batgoat
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    bfa1509 wrote: »
    Excuse me! Be careful what you say about our future Taoiseach and leader of the majority Green Party Government of 2020:


    Ah, promoting your own YouTube channel..... I think she came across as highly competent.


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    #741
    Water John
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    The Democrats have their AOC, we have SMc.


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    #742
    stefanovich
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar received the message today that climate is a big concern for many.

    Correction: Being concerned for the environment is currently trendy.


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    #743
    Wanderer78
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    stefanovich wrote:
    Correction: Being concerned for the environment is currently trendy.


    I like being trendy, so I think we should also try tackle things such as growing inequality, you know, just to look cool, or something


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    #744
    blinding
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    stefanovich wrote: »
    Correction: Being concerned for the environment is currently trendy.
    From Father Trendy

    to

    Trendy Gay Taoiseach

    Both Comedy creations in their own way .


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    #745
    batgoat
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    stefanovich wrote: »
    Correction: Being concerned for the environment is currently trendy.

    On plus side though, the majority of your views, the public don't share and view as pretty atrocious. I think it's pretty great that it's "trendy' to limit the damage we're doing against the environment.

    The biggest benefit of trying to address is that it will hopefully leave the world in a decent state for generations to come.


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    #746
    seamus
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    SirGerryAdams wrote: »
    When you tax diesel people need it to go to work.
    No they don't.

    More than half of the traffic on ours roads is discretionary and non-commercial. That is, commuting and leisure driving.

    The average distance to work countrywide is 15km.

    Most people choose to drive their car to work on their own every day. There are plenty of alternatives. A minority of people are in a situation where they have no other choice.


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    #747
    Dakota Dan
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar received the message today that climate is a big concern for many.

    Bend over and prepare to pay your carbon taxes, that’ll fix it.


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    #748
    inocybe
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    seamus wrote: »
    No they don't.

    More than half of the traffic on ours roads is discretionary and non-commercial. That is, commuting and leisure driving.

    The average distance to work countrywide is 15km.

    Most people choose to drive their car to work on their own every day. There are plenty of alternatives. A minority of people are in a situation where they have no other choice.

    I’m in that minority, what is to happen to us? I’m also low paid, so no electric car or fancy heating systems for me. Carbon taxes aren’t going to save the planet, and anyway it’ll be irrelevant to those of us freezing in unheated houses.


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    #749
    20Cent
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    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    Bend over and prepare to pay your carbon taxes, that’ll fix it.


    Carbon taxes won't fix it, no one is saying that. They are just one part of a solution, they are also tiny I've no problem paying a few cent on fossil fuels.

    It will also encourage development of greener alternatives.


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    #750
    seamus
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    inocybe wrote: »
    I’m in that minority, what is to happen to us?
    Your employer will have to raise their prices to pay your increased expenses.

    Everything is going to get more expensive because the only way to make people think more sustainably is to make convenience less convenient.

    We've been basking in the spoils of reckless abandon for decades now, but it has to end. It's time to pay the Piper.


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    #751
    Yamanoto
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    stefanovich wrote: »
    Correction: Being concerned for the environment is currently trendy.

    It's undoubtedly the Attenborough effect we're seeing reflected in the Green's polling numbers. Mainstream media constantly telling us we're all terrible people & then patting ourselves on the back for emailing Tesco to have a bleat about packaging.


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