"Green" policies are destroying this country

I understand that simply looking at diesel will tell you all you need to know.

The leading proponents of wind energy in this country and European were and are the Green`s. That policy has now left us in the situation that despite all the money spent on wind farms here we are looking at the very real possibility of blackouts this Winter because they will not be able to make up the shortfall from a gas burning station being off line. And not even off line un-expectedly but for maintenance.

Retailers are dreading pedestrianisation and reduction of cars into the centre. This is replicated all over the country. I have given you the example but like all brainwashed Greens they don't like the truth and move on to next hippy dippy notion.

Thanks for the link.

There is indeed a lot of concern among business organisations regarding pedestrianisation and traffic management in towns and cities.

However blaming the Green Party is just not logical.

Look at who controls the councils, who are the local authority CEOs, they are the real decision makers.

I accept that you disagree with GP policies but you can't hang the blame on them for all the ills of the country.

(voluntary disclosure - I'm not a GP member).

For a start, I have no idea who you are so the chances of us being mates is highly unlikely.

As somebody said earlier this green energy wind policy is a European initiative going back years. The big player in Europe politically are the German`s and the Greens have been waving that dogs tail for a long time now.

Whether it`s correct or not if the lights go out people will blame the Greens. They are already blaming them for the latest carbon tax increases. Not unfairly imo, but either way, with how this present green energy programme is going, if things do not improve quickly then not just the Greens but a lot of others will end up getting it in the neck politically. And they may not have to wait for the next scheduled general election for that.

This has more to do with people shopping online. Its effecting everywhere even places where you can park outside the shops door.

I know next to nothing about Limerick and the type of footfall you find in the city centre but it does highlight a particular problem. The likes of Keegan in Dublin waging war on cars are making it far more difficult for the city centre to attract more people into it. This sounds like the same question here. The solution has to include ways to bring people, either in their cars or via public transport to the city centre. This seems to be joined-up thinking falls down for councils, if it ever existed in the first place. There is nothing wrong with more pedestrianization just as long pedestrians can get to those locations in the first place. Squeezing out cars makes it more likely that out of town centres with parking would be a more attractive option, especially if we're depending on our very poor public transport to address it. 

People will do that anyway at the ballot box. The Greens do very dogmatically aim at a very specific set of policies, which can quite easily be adopted by the two bigger Coalition partners as their own. That makes them very vulnerable at elections. The increase in energy prices, a higher carbon tax and the possible of winter blackouts puts them very much at risk as these are grudges the public will nurse and punish them for.

I've driven or my partner has driven us into town a few times recently, I don't get all this war on cars thing, for me to drive in from D5 to anywhere in the city centre of Dublin is still absolutely fine. Maybe it would be a nightmare at rush hour but at weekends or off peak you can easily drive and park in the centre. Owen Keegan has done f-all apart from putting in a few much needed cycle lanes, car is still king in this city and country.

i read the title as green policies, not the Green Party. All of the major parties are pursuing these ‘green’ policies, which seem to be aimed at taxing the poorer segments of society, and driving the economy into the ground.

On the Burren due to lack of soil and wind you could not grow a bonsai tree never mind a forest. :)