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Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

tax on diesel etc would not be a very sustainable tax stream for the next 20 years or so would it.    

F@#k that. The Government here and elsewhere told people to buy diesels as they were greener. Motor tax rates were amended to entice this too. Not our fault the motor industry duped the Government re emissions. They can't just turnaround now and tax diesel further devaluing the assets people were told to buy. Get public transport sorted before even trying to think about taxing motorists further.

That’s what I said.  It’s not a sustainable income stream.  Diesel cars will be on their way out regardless of what the Irish government does so relying on that income stream would be silly as it won’t exist in 15-20 years anyway. (A few trucks here and there maybe).   
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Originally posted by The GerK The GerK wrote:

I thought is was obvious that that part of the post was tongue in cheek. 

I am highlighting the conflict of interest. He is given a platform to scream about "rain bombs" and "boiling oceans" while he cashes a check on the back of that for 2million quid

It was obviously ‘tongue in cheek’ until it clearly wasn’t.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by The GerK The GerK wrote:

I thought is was obvious that that part of the post was tongue in cheek. 

I am highlighting the conflict of interest. He is given a platform to scream about "rain bombs" and "boiling oceans" while he cashes a check on the back of that for 2million quid

Very simplistic way of looking at it Gerk.  It’s perfectly legit to be passionate about something and that you believe is right for the planet and also to put your money where your mouth is and invest in it.  For the change to happen it needs both public and private investment and it needs businesses making money from it.  It can’t only be government investment.  All of the biggest change pieces in society have come from a hybrid of both private and public investment and when you have private investment you get profits.   

It would be far worse if he was making money from coal and oil in one hand and campaigning with his other.  

This is just a trope that is used but it’s not fully thought through.  I would have far more of an issue with people who say one thing and do another in a grand scale.  

You're right, but the hypocrisy is galling. These guys fly around in private jets while punching down. 


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Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by The GerK The GerK wrote:

I thought is was obvious that that part of the post was tongue in cheek. 

I am highlighting the conflict of interest. He is given a platform to scream about "rain bombs" and "boiling oceans" while he cashes a check on the back of that for 2million quid

It was obviously ‘tongue in cheek’ until it clearly wasn’t.

Well I'd hardly expect you to get it 
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I follow this climate change scientist/activist and she is jetting around to far flung countries on holiday.  
Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more...

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Originally posted by The GerK The GerK wrote:

Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by The GerK The GerK wrote:

I thought is was obvious that that part of the post was tongue in cheek. 

I am highlighting the conflict of interest. He is given a platform to scream about "rain bombs" and "boiling oceans" while he cashes a check on the back of that for 2million quid

It was obviously ‘tongue in cheek’ until it clearly wasn’t.

Well I'd hardly expect you to get it 

How come? Because I don’t subscribe to your way of thinking?
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We were told ireland would get milder and wetter because of this 

Well we're definitely f**king seeing that. I can't remember what a blue sky looks like 
They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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Looking forward to reading this when published in a few weeks. 
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