Only 8% of the Irish
believe that tackling
climate change should
be the next government’s
top priority, from a
recent MRBI opinion
poll.
Even though
the Irish Green Party
agenda receives only
positive coverage
by the mass media.
During the last
general election,
climate change
was not a big issue
for voters.
Commentators and
politicians noted it was
rarely mentioned.
Last summer, the
Fine Gael government
published a climate
action plan.
The goal was to reduce
carbon emissions
by an average of
3% a year by 2030.
That was not enough
for the greens.
Professor Peter Thorne
of NUI Maynooth,
warned that in coming
decades, a catastrophic
storm during high tide,
would leave thousands
of properties and
landmark buildings
in Dublin under water,
with significant
flooding in the
city center.
That mades no sense:
Dublin's city center
is about 3 meters
above sea level.
With sea level rising
6 to 9mm per year,
increased danger
to Dublin is many
GENERATIONS
out in the future.
If ever.
Irish politicians
have decided to
cut carbon dioxide
emissions by
7% a year for
the next 10 years,
and not 3%,
as first promised
— a target
that was already
considered
very ambitious,
and expensive.
There's been
little discussion
of how much the
7% commitment
is going to cost.
The only real debate
is among the 3,000-plus
Green Party members,
with its Extinction Rebellion
wing opposing the deal,
saying it doesn't go
far enough !
A radical commitment
( 7% versus 3% )
has been slipped in
after an election,
as if it was the
most reasonable
proposal in the world.
Retrofitting homes
to make them more
energy-efficient
would cost the
average household
between €30,000
and €80,000,
according to
one estimate.
The government
expects that
600,000 homes
will do this
over the
next decade.
A radical
green agenda
is being imposed
without the consent
of the people,
via an election.
Supported by
Green Party
propaganda,
rather than
data-based
climate science,
and debates.
Fianna Fail and
Fine Gael
have been
forced into
alliance with
a tiny group
of greens,
because of
their reluctance
to deal with
the radical
Sinn Fein.