"Green" policies are destroying this country

In Ennis, where I live, as soon as winter comes and the stoves and open fireplaces are kicked in, the town becomes choked with smog on any day when it's not windy.

People trying to save money for themselves by burning wood and turf and coal in an urban environment with no real consideration for the others who have to breath in the polluted air.

If it wasn't for the bans on the smokiest types of coal, the air quality would be even worse, of course, this doesn't stop many people from buying that coal from outside the restricted areas because they're convinced that the smokeless coal is worse and they don't care about the consequences for others around them.

These same people often burn rubbish in their gardens rather than dispose of them responsibly and see nothing wrong with it.

I wonder is that relatively clean air one of the "'Green' policies that are destroying our country"

There are many on this thread who oppose any attempts to regulate anything that leads to cleaner air and water

Do you realise that you started a post by saying 'You don't get to redefine words just to suit yourself'

And your very next sentence is 'You called them Nazis'

I never used the word Nazi. Nazi is not an equivalent word for 'Proto-Fascist'

This is extremely off topic, but this level of discourse is very frustrating. No wonder you hate environmentalists. You immediately leapt to the conclusion that I called 'all people who disagree with me a Nazi'

Part of BJ's election manifesto was all of these net zero commitments.

By Sunak rolling back on them, he is breaking he mandate that his party got elected on. It's completely anti democratic.

If he wants to change the manifesto. He should announce a new election and campaign based on these new policies

I don't think anyone has ever said that green equals bad. Most people just want to see some thought put into the decisions being made and a cost benefit analysis done first rather than jump headlong into the latest green fad regardless of other unintended repercussions or costs.

So why is air quality worse now than say before catalytic converters or tightened car emissions or before the closing of peat burning plants? Does this not tell you that climate action so far has been a pointless and costly endeavor?

Or if your argument is that the air quality has improved since the introduction of the above, why aren't they showing us a nice blue schematic showing how much cleaner our air is rather than shoving fearmongery Bullsh*t down our throats?

How do they link the deathcount to the PM2.5? Because WHO said so?

Ireland is a nice white yellowish colour so seems like we've done enough climate activism for a good few decades to come.

Next generation, you're welcome. 👍️

Yet Irish people are living longer than ever.

Who are we to complain about 'People trying to save money for themselves by burning wood and turf'... when the government is loading taxes (carbon, excise & VAT) onto oil, coal, gas etc.

Every action has a result.

This and the fact that they are extreme socialists disguised as environmentalists.

Ever notice how much airtime this guy gets on all the news bulletins and online articles:

A man that appears to have more power than the entire government yet not a single vote to his name...

Its antisocial

It's not a hanging offense, but it's anti social in an urban environmnent to burn smokey fuel. You get the benefit of the warmth in your own room, but everyone else pays the cost of the pollution that they need to breath in

If everyone burned turf or wood, then the air quality would be much worse. They're free riders on the fact that most other people have taken steps to keep the air clean for everyone.