Clean Air/Congestion Charging set to be introduced by 2030

I will leave dieselgate because you don't seem to understand the history or what happened.

The tax system didn't force people to buy new cars in 2008 as already pointed out

The recommendation at the moment is to drive your car into the ground and then if you have to buy one then buy a environmentally friendly one or the most environmentally friendly you can afford.

Also most cars are not SUV's, they are Crossovers, the flood of Crossovers started a long time ago and combustion cars. This was because of the US market and the car companies dumping cars because they can't sell in the US and concentrating on Crossovers.

"cheap as chips tax" how much more is combustion cars compared to electrics in terms of road tax?

The gaslighting is strong here. I'm old enough to remember 2007/2008 when Minister Eamon Ryan cancelled two licenses for exploration for Uranium in Donegal. The stated reason was that: "The most likely end use of any uranium extracted in Ireland would be for nuclear electricity generation."

https://www.constructionireland.ie/construction-news/69227/minister-ryan-calls-halt-to-uranium-exploration-in-ireland

So the Green Party isn't against nuclear power "in principle" … and in other news, the sun shines brightest at midnight.

Ironically, the us of nuclear energy would not only reduce our CO2 emissions dramatically, like it did in France, but also clean up our air (as we wouldn't need to burn fossil fuels for electricity) and potentially lower our energy bills (compare the cost of electricity between France and Germany/Ireland for example).

I'm not so sure.

Cycle lanes by themselves are fine as car can enter them temporarily to get past a car turning right where there is no filter lane.

When the cycle lane has bollards this becomes a problem, if it's a busy road then it becomes a very big problem.

If there are two right turn junctions in close proximity to each other (but not an intersection) it becomes a huge problem as there is high chance of deadlock.

Isn't it amazing how these threads go way off topic to start ranting about mining uranium, hatred of minority groups and the Chinese burning coal! And not about tiny areas of a city where 99.99% of those ranting against it will never go anywhere near?

Just get on with it Eamon!

Busy weekend, roads jammed and cars couldn't make room in the centre of the road for the Garda to get through because of the bollards around the cycle lanes.

So emergency services couldn't get through because of roads jammed with cars, and of course the fault here lies with the cycle lanes

LOL

They were able to get through before the bollards were there… So yeah, the bollards were the change, the inability of emergency vehicles to get through when it's busy is the consequence of that change.

I don't care about traffic, I don't use that road in a car, if I'm going to Howth I use the train. I do care about the ability of emergency vehicles to access an area.

The Garda themselves stated the problem was the bollards and they should be removed, but Green Religion says "no".

Re: The number of cyclists, anyone with even an ounce of cop on knows there isn't 700 people cycling on that road during rush hour. We're told to just believe it though. And "blessed are those who believe without seeing". And if you don't believe in God Green Policy then you're a heretic a climate change denier. (Which I'm not btw I do believe it's happening)

We need sensible policy about how we get people to use public transport and active travel, building cycle lanes everywhere is not sensible, particularly if they are rarely used.

Dieselgate wasn't restricted to VAG

"hard core fan-bots" 🙄

The reason why they have bollards is because people will use them and knock down people. Road safety is why and based on drivers a very good reason why

If you don't believe me watch a bus lane for about 20 mins in any traffic, busy or not and see people sailing up it.

I drive in the city every day, if you have an emergency vehicle 50% of the people will just totally ignore them, others will move out of the way, of course if they are on the M50 you have a mad rush of people to try chase the emergency vehicle down the road in the path they have tried to create.

Do any of the articles about the brawl actually mention cycle lanes.

I'd question the better handling bit? A quasi off road crossover style EV will not handle better than a low slung car that is half its weight, also in terms of responsive, a heavier object is not as responsive to changes in direction.

There is no difference in congestion, there is just now less ability to spill over into footpaths.

The congestion remains the same as a result of too many cars

There has been bad congestion on these roads long before cycle lanes and bus lanes.

So bad there was no room for cycling or buses. All that's happening is some road space has now been reserved for other road users.

So no congestion wasn't "caused" by changes.

It has made it worse for cars, but better for other road users.

I suspect the Gardai that were stuck in traffic trying to get to that beach might consider this to be pointless hair splitting, as might all the other people stuck in congestion that hadn't existed previously. But we know that the congestion got worse even though the number of drivers presumably stayed the same. So it's clearly not the drivers.

I find your phrasing to be quite weird, you seem to be insinuating that "cars" are road users. Last I checked, cars were not sentient beings acting on their own impetus but in fact were being driven by and carrying people. So the last line of your argument might have made more sense if it read: "It has made it worse for motorists, but better for other road users."

The ID is a different platform, in the ID they used more steel because weight was not as much as issue with electric to combustion.

So to make a comparison of electric to combustion the eGolf v Golf seemed an excellent choice. Plus I had personal experience.

Even at that, the ID.3 which has replaced the eGolf is starting at 1770kg, still a long way from twice the combustion car which was the original claim. Also the plan by VW is to bring back the eGolf and I can't wait. 😂

Nope, wasn't me.. It was a reply to someone using isolated incidents like this as a rant against the use of plastic bollards or something…

I didn't pick the pair, the poster I responded to did when I responded to him saying that "The majority of electric cars are faster, better handling, more responsive than a diesel car will ever be."

They picked an eGolf V a TDI Golf in response, they are clearly wrong.

Re read your original claim:

"The majority of electric cars are faster, better handling, more responsive than a diesel car will ever be."

You picked the eGolf & TDI, the electric variant is slower, heavier so will handle worse and be less responsive.

My comment about weight, on average is correct, EV's are heavier, you claimed that EV's out handle a diesel, how?

Three points you made

Faster: Now you say you are not a racing driver so 0-60 or top speed are out

Better Handling: How does the heavier car handle better, especially when the platform is identical?

More Responsive: As above