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Diesel laundering / toxic chemical s dumped into drinking water

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  • #2
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,948 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    And rightly so. Scumbags


  • #3
    FluffyAngel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭FluffyAngel


    SSSSSHHH ,dont tell Irish water ,they will want to charge us 1.19 a litre


  • #4
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Why isn't green and red diesel done away with and the farmers just submit receipts for a rebate. :confused:

    All farmers can do accounts or already employ an accountant, a new law could be done really quickly


  • #5
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Why isn't green and red diesel done away with and the farmers just submit receipts for a rebate. :confused:

    All farmers can do accounts or already employ an accountant, a new law could be done really quickly

    Because massive fraud, is why.


  • #6
    FluffyAngel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭FluffyAngel


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Why isn't green and red diesel done away with and the farmers just submit receipts for a rebate. :confused:

    All farmers can do accounts or already employ an accountant, a new law could be done really quickly

    This is after hours ,where common sense doesnt exist


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  • #7
    chrysagon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭chrysagon


    from what i read, petrol pump stations are selling the same quality fuel at their stations!!!


  • #8
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Pop up stations, When you take the taxis and family members out of it, the general sales are totally overstated. However what about the elephant in the room of Loyalist and Republican criminal gangs working with each other? interesting


  • #9
    Gormley85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭Gormley85


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Why isn't green and red diesel done away with and the farmers just submit receipts for a rebate. :confused:

    All farmers can do accounts or already employ an accountant, a new law could be done really quickly

    Its not just that simple. How do you define this lad has 100 acres so is allowed x amount of diesel per year and this lad only has 30 acres so hes only allowed Y amount. And then a good amount of lads would do work for the neighbour who doesnt have a combine/tractor etc. All this would have to be factored in.

    Second thing is if you stop dying it then theres no way to stop random cars and test them.

    And on a personal opinion... I think the government secretly like the idea that the dodgy diesel is bad for engines because it turns people off buying it. If you can just buy clean diesel direct from a farmer who is fudging his figures then no worries about engine problems.


  • #10
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Pop up stations, When you take the taxis and family members out of it, the general sales are totally overstated. However what about the elephant in the room of Loyalist and Republican criminal gangs working with each other? interesting

    money is the new cause, (circa 1998)


  • #11
    Desolation Of Smug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Desolation Of Smug


    There's a new radio-isotope marker being introduced soon instead of dye.. It "can't" be washed out. But the "Boys" will no doubt find a way around that too. Money is the mother of all invention. Necessity is waay over-rated on that front.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,828 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    There's a new radio-isotope marker being introduced soon instead of dye.. It "can't" be washed out. But the "Boys" will no doubt find a way around that too. Money is the mother of all invention. Necessity is waay over-rated on that front.
    Setting fire to it will remove the marker. :pac:

    Sounds like a good idea if it works, I've heard too many horror stories from friends who have had to spend big money on getting their engines sorted out after (unknowingly) using dodgy Diesel.


  • #13
    conorhal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,093 ✭✭✭conorhal


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Because massive fraud, is why.

    As oppossed to the massive fraud that goes on anyway in the form of deisel laundering?

    At least if the scheme was rebate based then all the fraud would be on paper, instead it's fraud that's poisoning the enviornment rather then the revenue's ballance sheet.


  • #14
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Nice. Gonna fill my tank up with tap water now.


  • #15
    mynamejeff
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭mynamejeff


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    money is the new cause, (circa 1998)



    god bless our proud Republican freedom fighters !


  • #16
    Desolation Of Smug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Desolation Of Smug


    mynamejeff wrote: »
    god bless our proud Republican freedom fighters !

    That's a bit harsh - they're still willing to face tanks and dye, for their cause.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Desolation Of Smug wrote: »
    There's a new radio-isotope marker being introduced soon instead of dye.. It "can't" be washed out. But the "Boys" will no doubt find a way around that too. Money is the mother of all invention. Necessity is waay over-rated on that front.
    It'll take a lot more than what they can do now to get rid of it. Should really be fast-tracked, the amount of leaky cubes I see around roads and watercourses is disgusting.


  • #18
    Desolation Of Smug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Desolation Of Smug


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It'll take a lot more than what they can do now to get rid of it. Should really be fast-tracked, the amount of leaky cubes I see around roads and watercourses is disgusting.

    I'm guessing by your comments you're out somewhere rough like Dalkey?


  • #19
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,239 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    They can't carry out armed robberies anymore, how are they going to make a crust? Shure god love them.


  • #20
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Why isn't green and red diesel done away with and the farmers just submit receipts for a rebate. :confused:

    All farmers can do accounts or already employ an accountant, a new law could be done really quickly

    Because there's a lot of people that use marked gas oil for home heating, which is another completely legitimate use.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



  • #21
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Shoot the ****ers...


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  • #22
    circadian
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 8,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭circadian


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    Shoot the ****ers...

    That may cause more problems than it solves.


  • #23
    Gormley85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭Gormley85


    This was interesting:

    http://talkofthetown.ie/2015/01/19/louth-county-council-to-investigate-reports-of-contamination-to-dundalk-water-supply/


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