Given that the Green Party got such a large increase in seats - went from 2 to 12 and are effectively likely king-makers in the next Dail, I just wonder what the actually stand for.
Everybody wants to save the planet, and I think most sane people accept that industrial pollution is having a very detrimental effect on the planet.
So the Greens are kinda kicking into an open goal with their general thrust. I'm just wondering what their actual policies are and how they're really likely to affect the day to day lives of the people of this country.
Presumably if they get into government there will be steep rise in carbon taxes. Petrol, Deisel and home heating oil will all be taxed even further but how much? Will aviation fuel, a huge source of pollution we're told, be carbon taxed on a par with motor fuel.
Even the nutty wolf-packs aside, is the suggestion that people should share their cars with 10 others really feasible? And what of roadways, is it workable that no major roads get built in this country for the next 5 years, or however long they are in power?
Or is the Green Party really a Dublin centric one where relatively plentiful alternative public transport makes their policies a bit more workable.
Everybody wants to save the planet, and I think most sane people accept that industrial pollution is having a very detrimental effect on the planet.
So the Greens are kinda kicking into an open goal with their general thrust. I'm just wondering what their actual policies are and how they're really likely to affect the day to day lives of the people of this country.
Presumably if they get into government there will be steep rise in carbon taxes. Petrol, Deisel and home heating oil will all be taxed even further but how much? Will aviation fuel, a huge source of pollution we're told, be carbon taxed on a par with motor fuel.
Even the nutty wolf-packs aside, is the suggestion that people should share their cars with 10 others really feasible? And what of roadways, is it workable that no major roads get built in this country for the next 5 years, or however long they are in power?
Or is the Green Party really a Dublin centric one where relatively plentiful alternative public transport makes their policies a bit more workable.
