Did we not have this exact same conversation yesterday and the day before?
seriously like?
For the avoidance of any doubt.
Man made climate change is very real.
Global warming is very real.
We all need to act as a planet to address what is a planetary emergency.
I have solar panels and an EV.
The science is clear.
My only issue with what Ryan was espousing was that it was not pragmatic for Ireland, especially the Ireland outside the M50, and my contention is that his genuinely held ideology was.driving to go to the maximum he could, knowing in all likelihood, this was going to be his only stint in government.
Which I already complimented him on.
I also believe that not only should we be doing what we can but we have to acknowledge that stopping or reversing 1.5 to 2°C increase is highly unlikely if not impossible without the main offenders and that part of the strategy on climate change is to.also plan for the inevitable climate migration and resource scarcity and concentration in particular geographies.
Is that clear enough for you?
Sorry but Ireland isn't special outside the M50 and the huge numbers of farmers and rural communities with solar, wind turbines, signed up to re-wilding and bio-diversity projects.
Doing
"What you can" in any emergency is pretty much everything as floods, excessive heat and fire do not require your opinion.
Everything is impossible until it is overcome and you have to try for your families sake and future generations at least
They are not all rural simpletons in the country and way ahead on insulation and SEAI grants take-up even though their representatives will tell them all sorts of backward nonsense as a soothing balm.
Further more the use of the word "Ideology" is completely disingenuous in a real world climate emergency existential crisis.
You might as well be saying to a building owner that all their fire alarms, fire extinguishers, escape stairs and alarms to protect the occupants are simply an "ideology" as just health and safety gone mad as sure anyway there is a volcano burning away in Iceland for 40 years.
We as a State will be facing huge fines if we do not meet our targets.......not as any political party or an individual.
International Banks will not invest in countries that do not take the required mitigation measures
Insurance companies across the globe do not treat it all as an
"ideology" but a clear and present danger to property, infrastructure, life and limb.
Just ask the businesses in Midleton about "Particular geographies".