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nationwide ban on Smokey coal announced

  • 05-12-2017 06:50PM
    #1
    Phat Dick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭


    I don't get it, people will still be able to burn peat till the cows come home


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  • #2
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,364 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Phat Dick wrote: »
    I don't get it, people will still be able to burn peat till the cows come home

    And then what? Burn cows?


  • #3
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    cantdecide wrote: »
    And then what? Burn cows?

    Entire country perpetually smelling like a barbeque? I fail to see the problem.


  • #4
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Phat Dick wrote: »
    I don't get it, people will still be able to burn peat till the cows come home


    people could drive out of an area where the sale of smokeless coal was banned, but their "smokey"coal, drive home and burn away.
    the coal retailers in cities were going nuts.
    easier to bad it nationwide.

    now turf...thats another burning issue.


  • #5
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,276 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    people could drive out of an area where the sale of smokeless coal was banned, but their "smokey"coal, drive home and burn away.
    the coal retailers in cities were going nuts.
    easier to bad it nationwide.

    now turf...thats another burning issue.

    It's banned countrywide.

    You'd have to leave the country to buy it.


  • #6
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,813 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    About time. It's a long time since Mary Harney faced down P. Flynn and his cronies


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  • #7
    hawkelady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭hawkelady


    Polish truck driver coming in with polish coal , no less !!!!! Depot will be the red cow hotel car park. He'll be a polish looking Pablo Escobar .... can't wait.


  • #8
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    NIMAN wrote: »
    It's banned countrywide.

    You'd have to leave the country to buy it.



    Have a read of the OP
    and then the thread title again.



    and then you can apologise! :pac:


  • #9
    rizzodun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭rizzodun


    hawkelady wrote: »
    Polish truck driver coming in with polish coal , no less !!!!! Depot will be the red cow hotel car park. He'll be a polish looking Pablo Escobar .... can't wait.

    Selling coal on the black market. It makes so much sense!


  • #10
    the dark phantom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭the dark phantom


    NIMAN wrote: »
    It's banned countrywide.

    You'd have to leave the country to buy it.

    Not with a trailer and shovel you won't.


  • #11
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,813 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Is that more border trade? Or are we in sync with our DUP neighbours.
    Oh I forgot Arlene and co, only burn ash.


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  • #12
    hawkelady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭hawkelady


    Polish coal, polish vodka , polish beer. Black market be booming


  • #13
    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    Water John wrote:
    Oh I forgot Arlene and co, only burn ash.


    Somehow I don't think you gave as much thought to the above comment as you should have.


  • #14
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,276 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    Have a read of the OP
    and then the thread title again.



    and then you can apologise! :pac:

    ?

    You said person can go out of the area, buy smokey coal, bring it back and burn it.

    ?


  • #15
    JimmyMcGill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭JimmyMcGill


    Hope The Bandit finds alternative routes.


  • #16
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Well if they could adopt the smokey coal so as that it doesn't
    produce any smoke then it can be unbanned. Until then your business
    is scuttled.


  • #17
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    NIMAN wrote: »
    ?

    You said person can go out of the area, buy smokey coal, bring it back and burn it.

    ?

    i said they could....merchants were going nuts... so they've now banned it's sale nationwide...


  • #18
    Don Kiddick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭Don Kiddick


    Just take a look on Facebook, people advertising the sake of smokey coal and will deliver to your door *nudge, nudge"


  • #19
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,174 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Water John wrote: »
    Is that more border trade? Or are we in sync with our DUP neighbours.
    Oh I forgot Arlene and co, only burn ash.

    No.

    It will be brought in by ship.

    Coke in hookers.


  • #20
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    i said they could....merchants were going nuts... so they've now banned it's sale nationwide...

    You can still head to the north and buy it though.


  • #21
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,276 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Mia Mysterious Aerosol wrote: »
    You can still head to the north and buy it though.

    You can, but it's a fair old run from Cork and limerick.


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  • #22
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    NIMAN wrote: »
    You can, but it's a fair old run from Cork and limerick.

    My heart breaks for you.


  • #23
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,276 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Mia Mysterious Aerosol wrote: »
    My heart breaks for you.

    I cross the border nearly every day.

    Smokey city here I come!


  • #24
    zetecescort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,282 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    Be grand, burn more trees.


  • #25
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    a nationwide ban on Smokey would be a better idea, no more Living Next Door to Alice (all together now... Alice, Alice, who the fk is Alice)


  • #26
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Weird. I've been saying I wish they'd ban it the last few days. Now they have.

    Hm... "I wish they'd raise the tax thresholds"


  • #27
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    What if the cows don't come home, what will we do?


  • #28
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,864 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Is smokey coal cheaper or does it burn hotter? Why would smokeless coal not be what everyone used anyhow even in areas where both are available?


  • #29
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    5starpool wrote: »
    Is smokey coal cheaper or does it burn hotter? Why would smokeless coal not be what everyone used anyhow even in areas where both are available?

    As someone with a back boiler who has tried smokeless coal, it doesn't give out the heat. With Smokey coal I can put a fire on and slack it up to last all night. The smokeless had to be topped up regularly through the evening.


  • #30
    Don Kiddick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭Don Kiddick


    Mia Mysterious Aerosol wrote: »
    As someone with a back boiler who has tried smokeless coal, it doesn't give out the heat. With Smokey coal I can put a fire on and slack it up to last all night. The smokeless had to be topped up regularly through the evening.

    Old argument that doesn't hold water anymore, there are some high heat burning smokeless now.


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  • #31
    Doltanian
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    How will the vintage men fire their steam engines now. This is quiete frankly one of the stupidest pieces of legislation ever to be enacted.


  • #32
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Don Kiddick wrote: »
    Old argument that doesn't hold water anymore, there are some high heat burning smokeless now.

    Tell the coalman around here that.

    And high heat coals in themselves burn out too quickly for back boilers and longevity of the fire.

    But I'll use it if a suitable alternative can be supplied. I've no issue provided my home is heated.


  • #33
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,679 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    Don Kiddick wrote: »
    Old argument that doesn't hold water anymore, there are some high heat burning smokeless now.

    no its true. my neighbour has tried them all. and they are all rubbish. she burns twice as much and doesn't get the same heat.
    proper coal is way better.


  • #34
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    no its true. my neighbour has tried them all. and they are all rubbish. she burns twice as much and doesn't get the same heat.
    proper coal is way better.

    Fact that smokeless coal is ****, and this government haven’t thought this through


  • #35
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,679 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    They should ban burning of wood pellets in built up areas while they are at it, the place smells like kippers this time of year.


  • #36
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    They should ban banning things


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  • #37
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Smokeless coal.makes crap smog.


  • #38
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Mia Mysterious Aerosol wrote: »
    You can still head to the north and buy it though.
    Jasis
    Taking about people driving 2km down the road to.a petrol station outside the banned zone, buying their smokey coal, driving.home into the zone and burning it!


    Is that a family guy meme with the old guy.in a chair explaining tuff :)


  • #39
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    I'm not sure what the homes behind uchg were burning the other night, it wasn't coal and smelt vile, while being choked at the same time.

    The ban will improve the market for wood too ;) I'd wager.


  • #40
    Tuco88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭Tuco88


    Just burn bits of old tyres in with smokeless... That'll keep them pesky neighbours quite.

    And yet the obvious this year. After the recent big strom every tom dick and harry is selling cutting and buring un-seasoned timber.

    Look at the damge that stuff does! The smell tar and creso from the chimney ffs.

    I live in the city and never had any serious issue with smoke i can just remember the smog in the early 90s. Most homes are oil or gas i find i hard to believe its an issue in the country towns or is it?


  • #41
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,679 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    its not that big of a deal. people are starting to get too lazy to light the fire. all they want is to press a button and nothing more.


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  • #42
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    its not that big of a deal. people are starting to get too lazy to light the fire. all they want is to press a button and nothing more.

    I was thinking the same. Not enough people bothered enough to actually shovel coal into the fire and light it to warrant a ban


  • #43
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Mia Mysterious Aerosol wrote: »
    As someone with a back boiler who has tried smokeless coal, it doesn't give out the heat. With Smokey coal I can put a fire on and slack it up to last all night. The smokeless had to be topped up regularly through the evening.

    Eco Glo is your friend... Its mighty stuff.. Burns for days


  • #44
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    I'll give you my smokey coal when you pry it from my cold, black hands.


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Fizzy drinks ruined with non-sugar sweeteners, drink possibly being given a minimum price of 2 euro a can and now a ban on coal that actually provides decent heat. It's great. :rolleyes:


  • #46
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Fizzy drinks ruined with non-sugar sweeteners, drink possibly being given a minimum price of 2 euro a can and now a ban on coal that actually provides decent heat. It's great. :rolleyes:

    FG flying in the polls. People must like their policies.


  • #47
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    who is lobbying for this who do they represent who will make profit from the eventual ban on carbon fuel

    They don't give a toss about the health of people only profits


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