How long until we see €2 a litre and will it push more to EV's faster?

the driveway is the least of my worries. I am retired, live alone, only have State pension, no ability to take out or repay a loan. Solar panels in my lifetime would not pay me back as my electricity use is fairly small. It makes sense for a young family with a few kids, no brainer, electrical appliances on the go, showers on the go all the time.

There's lots like me, who live on a very small income who can't make the big change because we can't borrow. I have excellent insulation and my house is naturally warm thankfully. But that's it. We can't retrofit our homes, no chance of heat pumps or underfloor heating. This is never addressed by Govt. They bang on about retrofitting, solar panels, EVs, all things I'd love but will never have a chance to get along with hundreds of thousands like me. I have a diesel car now but dread the day I have to change that. I drive a lot, up to 30km a year, so hoping the diesel lasts me a while longer.

I do a lot of long trips, to Dublin, Meath, Donegal too (family stuff). I would certainly consider one (or a hybrid) if I felt it could do long trips. Affordability is another thing, I hear EVs have a very poor re-sale value due mostly to battery issues.

Then again I have just replaced timing belt on my diesel plus glow plugs and service, so that ain't cheap either. Down here when I ask mechanics they mostly advice to stick with diesel for now.

( But it would be an absolute dream not to have to keep putting fuel in the car!)

Lawnmower bought on the cycle to work scheme ?

No I used it for the electric golf cart

A lad in the pub! 🍻

Exactly, that's why we need grants, not just on brand new EVs (which are now will below 20k) but on second hand ones as well, public charging prices are a complete nuisance and also needs to come down for the transition to make sense to people like yourselves, apartment owners, those who don't have and can't get a driveway etc etc

EVs aren't the solution to climate change on their own, they are a small part of the solution that contains many elements to it, including public transport. In 2024 (the most recent year I can find data for) the transport sector accounted for 37.7% of energy-related emissions and 21.7% of Ireland’s total Greenhouse gas emissions... A solution that can knock those kind of figures to 0% has to be part of the wider plan and now, with the price of oil based fuels rising exponentially, is the time to entice people to move away from fossil fuels

I was after having a couple of drinks down the boozer last night when one of my friends raised the prospect of the govt fitting all Irish homes with solar panels for free but to have half of the panels on a separate meter supplying electricity directly to the grid. Effectively meaning whoever is living in the premises would benefit from the use of half the panels as a kind of payment for renting the roof space.

Living alone allowance

Free travel

Fuel allowance

Household benefits package

Medical card

I'm sure there's more.

Lad the road network is a mess and under maintained and you think the government would subsidise this. Your funny.

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More expensive to produce. Competition with commercial diesel and heating for limited supply. Environmental taxes to encourage less emissions by moving the market away from it.

Thats about it and theyd want to be considering a lot are tolled

How do EV drivers feel when they see oil refineries in Iran and Russia burning year in year out, sending oceans of black smoke into the atmosphere . That's the thing about emissions, it's not something you can control locally, nor is climate change.