If it's an emergency ....

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NIMAN wrote: »

A common tactic for governments. And it usually works.

How can any Irish government policy effect global warming?
We are 5 million on a Island off the west of Europe, we already follow EU laws on pollution, when we miss them we get fined.
China, population of 1.5 Billion, pollutes like crazy
India population 1 billion pollutes like crazy
Africa 1+billion, population unsustainable without western aid.
China and India give not a toss about global warming, pollution, Well let them at it, they will suffer much worse than us
When China & India start to feel the effect of global warming, then they will act, until then any tax on the 5 million Irish is just a Swindle.
China & India get Horrendous smog, flooding, heat and drought, we get a nice 1 to 2 degree increase in temperature.
Let them at it, it dont effect us to the degree of the main polluters, and us is the EU, let China & India lead the charge.
The left keep telling us its the time for the rest of the word to take the reigns from the west and lead the world, Africa & Asia its your time to take the lead, save the world from the evil white man.

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kneemos wrote: »

They've been predicting the end of the world for how long now? Gives the news channels something to dramatise,but they don't be tell us we're actually in a cooling phase.

Obama ranting and raving about global warming, the ice will melt, then he buys a $15 million beach side mansion, Al Gore did the same.
It is nothing but a scam, a reason to raise taxes, last summer in Ireland every day on news was global warming, the reservoirs are empty, it not raining, we must tax carbon, this summer is the hottest ever.
Then we had summer 2019, a day here or there of good sunny weather , the majority was damp, rainy miserable weather.
Know what we do tax the Irish hard, for the pollution of China & India.

Graces7

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

No point in us worrying about climate change and all that (but we may have to observe EU rules), if other countries don't give a fig and can just do what they want.

How is the Amazon doing now after the fires? Why did they start, and on we go.

All the more reason we should take care and do all we each and all can // many a mickle makes a muckle

and we can set the example

Blueshoe

Graces7 wrote: »

All the more reason we should take care and do all we each and all can // many a mickle makes a muckle

and we can set the example

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Greenhouse_gas_emission_statistics

Scroll down a little to the graph. Europe's emissions constantly dropping. We are already doing our bit.

KyussB

Except as stated in the other thread, it took almost 20 years to drop from 100% to 80% - which means the EU is failing to tackle the problem fast enough.

It's a bit like people saying the housing affordability in Dublin is recovering because 'houses are being built' - when the number of houses built, the rate of housebuilding, is nowhere near adequate for solving the problem in a timely way.

Irishphotodesk

KyussB wrote: »

Except as stated in the other thread, it took almost 20 years to drop from 100% to 80% - which means the EU is failing to tackle the problem fast enough.

It's a bit like people saying the housing affordability in Dublin is recovering because 'houses are being built' - when the number of houses built, the rate of housebuilding, is nowhere near adequate for solving the problem in a timely way.

Any idea how the other continents are doing by comparison?