"Green" policies are destroying this country

This lad surely came up with the plan.

"I devised Climate Action Change Plans for Ogdenville, Brockway and North Haverbrook and by god it put them on the map"

over simplification there, yes there are some journeys being made by car that are unnecessary, i even do this myself, but car usage is extremely complex, our public transport systems are no where near where they need to be, an astonishing level of investment needs to be done here, before people can begin to abandon their cars. some car journeys are being done in order to save time, most people are suffering with whats called 'time poverty', we need to try effectively give people back time, we need to reduce working hours, and work related activities, i.e. commuting etc etc. none of this is going to be easy

But when you have a sparse, dispersed rural population, there's only so much you can do with public transport. A lot of the country is still going to be reliant on private cars unless people want to adopt the covid self-isolation lifestyle full time.

What do you mean "the media is brainwashing people into thinking Ireland can save the world"? I don't think I've heard anyone say this.

"Green" policies are not responsible for all of these data centers. That's your friends in FF and FG granting planning permission. They are the only people with any say in this government. I'm sure they're delighted with comments like this blaming the green party for everything. Now, whose "gullible"?

You are correct in saying China is a heavy polluter. But it's a much bigger country. I'm sure they produce a lot more green energy than we do too.

I know everyone is complaining about the cost. But I live in a 50k zone but I drive my kids to school every day because nobody sticks to the 50k limit and there are no cycle paths. My son was knocked off his bike by a car one afternoon and ended up in hospital.

So safe cycling routes would save me money because I wouldn't need to drive every day.

Is it all conspiracy? Is it possible we could end up with less traffic, cleaner air, and healthy children for nothing?

The issue is that it should be cheaper, right now if you are a group then you are better off driving, no waiting and overall cheaper. People won’t change unless it’s worth their while. Why are they not pushing for this to incentivise people?

Then you add in the commute to the train station and the return. They should be subsidising public transport more. Make it worth peoples while to actually do it.

Roof on the bike?

But we pollute more per capita. Therefore Ireland is worse than China and its 500000000000000000 coal burning power stations because per capita

The million EVs thing is annoying. We should be aiming to take a million cars off the road maybe, regardless of their power source.

Anyway for those of you moaning about the Greens, after the next election when they're gone, do you really think FF/FG/SF or whoever are just going to stop going on about and introducing climate measures?

What’s the carbon footprint of shipping this? Does everyone have to have their little publicity stunt to prove they’re relevant? I wonder what the carbon footprint of these protests are.