New minister, good or bad?

slicedpanman

So we got Shane Ross as the new minister for transport... Anyone got opinions on whether he is going to be good or bad for EV drivers?

KingBrian2

Get stuck in and fix our public transport system.

slicedpanman

I reckon he is a man to get things done... But I've no ideas what he sees as the priorities are regarding transport.

cros13

Someone in his constituency might pop in and find out?

stesaurus

cros13 wrote: »

Someone in his constituency might pop in and find out?

Yeah we were thinking of doing that next week. He's a regular canvasser at my wife's mum's house.
There's another minister that has had environment rolled into their remit under climate and natural resources, Denis Naughten. Anybody know anything about him?

BoatMad

slicedpanman wrote: »

So we got Shane Ross as the new minister for transport... Anyone got opinions on whether he is going to be good or bad for EV drivers?

With climate change with Denis naughton, who only cares about farmers

Not looking too good

Well look at it this way if the greens were in power again they would concentrate only on adding more wind power to the grid that already has too much and not Solar PV, they would increase carbon taxes to pay for the extra wind capacity etc etc.

FFS the Green muppets created a situation that allowed the highest polluting vehicles (diesel) to be taxed less and diesel fuel is taxed less. The greens have a warped sense of what's "Green" now we have a situation that sees 70% of all passenger cars sold being diesel, most of them doing small mileage when they are hardly at operating temperature spewing out many times the rated carcinogenic emissions.

The Greens won't plant real forest, something Ireland severely lacks. No lets stick up more wind turbines, green trees to the greens ! bunch of muppets.

Alf Veedersane

The future of EVs is kind of tied into the new policy framework for deployment of alternative fuels which is a joint affair between the old dept of Transport and the DCENR.

What they prioritise is hard to know but I'd have hoped EVs might be one of the more likely options to be prioritised

KingBrian2

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Well look at it this way if the greens were in power again they would concentrate only on adding more wind power to the grid that already has too much and not Solar PV, they would increase carbon taxes to pay for the extra wind capacity etc etc.

FFS the Green muppets created a situation that allowed the highest polluting vehicles (diesel) to be taxed less and diesel fuel is taxed less. The greens have a warped sense of what's "Green" now we have a situation that sees 70% of all passenger cars sold being diesel, most of them doing small mileage when they are hardly at operating temperature spewing out many times the rated carcinogenic emissions.

The Greens won't plant real forest, something Ireland severely lacks. No lets stick up more wind turbines, green trees to the greens ! bunch of muppets.

People should drive less. Practical steps like that would work and better public services would eliminate the need for all the carbon or diesel taxes. Greens thus far have been a social agitator encouraging people to renounce the polluters lifestyle.

KingBrian2

KingBrian2 wrote: »

People should drive less. Practical steps like that would work and better public services would eliminate the need for all the carbon or diesel taxes. Greens thus far have been a social agitator encouraging people to renounce the polluters lifestyle.

Driving less is great provided you have a proper public transport system, decades of poor planning in this country and one off housing, the property boom etc have created a very heavily car dependent country.

You have two choices in Ireland, live in the sticks or a poxy concrete jungle housing estate, there are very few nice developments where you're not stuck together on top of your neighbours in houses that all look identical in the smallest possible space so the maximum of profit can be had by the developer.

I'd love to have the option to hop on public transport to take me to work and back especially after night shifts but I have no such option. So many people that live in Dublin also have no option but to drive.

KingBrian2

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Driving less is great provided you have a proper public transport system, decades of poor planning in this country and one off housing, the property boom etc have created a very heavily car dependent country.

You have two choices in Ireland, live in the sticks or a poxy concrete jungle housing estate, there are very few nice developments where you're not stuck together on top of your neighbours in houses that all look identical in the smallest possible space so the maximum of profit can be had by the developer.

I'd love to have the option to hop on public transport to take me to work and back especially after night shifts but I have no such option. So many people that live in Dublin also have no option but to drive.

You could always become a bus driver.:D

Sorry but could not resist.

KingBrian2

KingBrian2 wrote: »

You could always become a bus driver.:D

Sorry but could not resist.

Or a Luas driver.......

peposhi

How to become a Luas driver

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0kC2XCiSdEE

LOL

zilog_jones

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FFS the Green muppets created a situation that allowed the highest polluting vehicles (diesel) to be taxed less and diesel fuel is taxed less.

Wasn't it an EU-wide incentive to focus on CO2 emissions for vehicles?

BoatMad

KingBrian2 wrote: »

People should drive less. Practical steps like that would work and better public services would eliminate the need for all the carbon or diesel taxes. Greens thus far have been a social agitator encouraging people to renounce the polluters lifestyle.

not that people should drive less, people should just drive more,,,, in an EV

( and studies show they do , 50% more in fact )

Nothing wrong wth driving , just what you do the driving in:cool:

zilog_jones

zilog_jones wrote: »

Wasn't it an EU-wide incentive to focus on CO2 emissions for vehicles?

Each E.U country is responsible for their own taxes.

BoatMad

Deleted User wrote: »

Each E.U country is responsible for their own taxes.

yes but many taxes are harmonised to some extent across the EU , Vat for example , the rates can be variable but must be for standard categories a minimum of 15%

I think this was just the Greens trying to be green but ignorant to the facts about Diesel emissions, but it's no excuse really. These are the people who are supposed to know better.