"Green" policies are destroying this country

Im doing some work for a government sponsored "think tank" as they like to call themsleves, who are at this very moment tasked with coming up with ideas to tax electric cars. The front runner at the moment is that the car reports remotely the kwh used and you pay tax on that. Next to that is that you report them yourself every year or when you get your NCT and that adjusts your tax rate for the following year. There are a few ideas. But I think the car reporting power usage will be the one. It will happen. Enjoy the cheap electricity for your EV now, because when the tipping point comes then in come the tax. Going to be some shock for some people.

The greens are far too weded to a middle class consumerist mindset to ever make real changes. Their

Sound more glamorous than it is now that I read it :)

But fire away if you think they arent looking at ways to tax EVs

Well at least it is not like the states where you have plonkers joining Republican party and voting for likes of Trump because they will offer tax breaks to the very rich, even thought said plonker hasn't two dimes to rub together as he sits on his porch looking at the growing unusable car collection in the front garden. 🙄

They still believe in the American Dream and reckon they will be one of the rich ones soon.

Almost like Del boys reckoning they will millionaires this time next year.

We on the other hand are fooking cynical and know damn well we won't be one of those rich ones.

Oh that's nice that you can just manifest these green people going on holidays into existence. I suppose they live on a diet of almond milk and avocados flown in from Peru too?

Maintenance costs will rise as battery warranty will be dependent on dealer service history,

The leader of ER is a former world traveler.

Greta Thurnburg is travelling to all these climate conferences like all the others instead of using video conferencing.

One of the Milibands was in the news this week discussing his New York ‘green’ job yet said since lockdown he misses flying back to the UK every year.

Another green poster (I won’t name them) in a different thread, said they only travel every few years and stays longer.

If you’re really a die hard believer you can’t travel by air again. The biggest factor in carbon footprints is air travel. I’m seeing lots of lip service from people that say they are green then hop off their bike and fly half way across the planet. It’s ridiculous stuff.

Jaysus, your view of irish people is depressing. You think there is an inherent issue with our genetics or culture that means we cannot be trusted with high risk projects? I have worked with Irish people who are responsible for trading or portfolio management with billions AUM. That's just me, I am sure you will find irish people in positions of responsibility for medical care, military, running multi billion dollar airlines etc. I wouldn't be surprised if a small number already work for nuclear in foreign countries. There is nothing inherently risky about irish people. Furthermore, in an industry like nuclear, there is no room for risk anyway, everything is so procedural, only purposeful negligence at more than one level of management could lead to a disaster. That or some external force like natural disaster.

It's the biggest conference on Climate Change in years, it's pivotal to our existence, people need to be there in person. I'm glad there are people out there like yourself who refuse to fly though, it's a growing movement.

Just on the COP Conference I saw on the news last night there is a woman in Dingle driving to it in an electric car to demonstrate the ability of an EV for long journeys. I'd be interested to see how that works out.

Also there was a group of Germans in Manchester last night on their way to the conference by bicycle. They came over on the ferry a couple of days ago.

Fair old spin all the same from Dingle.

It's some sort of pr. job by SEAI and the ESB.

I suppose they are trying to counter range anxiety worries.

Yes I know it's not exactly ground breaking but if they use it to show that you can go from Dingle to Glasgow and back without too much hassle it may be a useful exercise.

Of course a lot depends on the use they make of it in pr. afterwards.