Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on February 20, 2024, 04:03:58 am
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I always wondered if they will introduce a rule banning Diesel Saloon Cars and if not why not ?Think of the stupidity of putting a low emissions Hybrid off the road at 9 years old to be replaced by a dirtier Diesel Vehicle .
Could the reason they have no emissions standard for taxi Saloons be because they want to keep the option of rideshare available .Why have none of the TAC members or environmental lobbyists ever asked for at least hybrid vehicles or are the EV grants being used to introduce EVs into the fleet to see how well they work then impliment an EV only taxi fleet ?
They have put about 40 million is EV grants into the industry .Why ?
DISCUSS !
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One of the main reasons not to ban the diesels is we have a lot of the fleet that commute from surrounding counties.
I picked up a keshie the other day from Balbriggan who regularly does 300km per shift.That's twice or sometimes even triple my daily mileage.There are loads like him.If diesels were banned those lads would be working a lot less hours or else they'd need a top up to finish their shift.There's is no fully electric wheelchair taxi AFAIk that's affordable.
I doubt the TAC care what we drive as long as there are enough of us to bring the public home.It's not like we're well represented on it.
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Merch thats why I asked about Saloons only the WAT thing could play out as well if the DAA insists all Keshies need to be WAT .Like you said short range would mean more lads working local .IF we ever get the Metro to the Port or even a good bus service .The DAA and NTA .could insist on WATs to serve the port .If lets say Mick the Horseman was to point out the contradiction of his planes being included in the emissions for the port but not the road traffic including taxis .One of them girls in a Gingham Frock or lads in socks and sandals that cycle and get elected to the council might suggest it .Seems ridicilous to promote any sort of car use to the port especially now they have increased the amount of busses stopping on campus .Was there not some talk of a drop off fee for cars being introduced like Heathrow or Stanstead ?
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The dropoff fees are already in place in some UK airports I believe.When I dropped in Belfast last year I had to pay a pound to get out.Bastards.
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Ireland is unlikely to meet the targets of its first carbon budget for the period from 2021 to 2025 despite legally-binding sectoral ceilings on emissions applied across the economy, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC).
Some progress has been achieved, it acknowledged, but its analysis indicates Ireland faces the prospect of multibillion-euro fines under “compliance costs” applied by the European Union from 2030 onwards, while carbon budgets after 2025 will be much more onerous to adhere to.
With only two years left in the first carbon budget period, the council said on Monday it is “concerned that despite progress in some sectors, it is unlikely that the first carbon budget will be met”. Cumulative emissions are likely to significantly exceed 295 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, “even in the [Environmental Protection Agency’s] more optimistic ‘with additional measures’ scenario”.
“This means very significant reductions in emissions for the remainder of the period would be required to avoid a carry-over impact into the second carbon budget period,” it warned.
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe told the Oireachtas climate committee last week that in the worst-case scenario Ireland faced compliance costs of €8 billion.
Friends of the Earth’s senior climate adviser Sadhbh O’Neill said having to fork out such funds would be “an egregious waste of [public] money”, especially as climate legislation was not being currently adhered to and politicians were not ensuring the scale of emission reductions required by law.
CCAC chairwoman Marie Donnelly said: “The impact and disruption of recent extreme weather in Ireland and globally continue to cause distress, uncertainty and economic challenge. Yet, the evidence shows the pace of emissions reductions in Ireland and globally is insufficient.
“While reductions in Ireland are welcome, they must be accelerated and delivered across all sectors and on a sustained basis. A crucial aspect of that delivery is cutting, and ultimately, eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels. The sooner we become independent from fossil fuels, the better it will be for our health, our security, the environment and our pockets.”
Households and communities must be supported and enabled to make changes now, however incremental, and be empowered through targeted information to plan for future purchases, Ms Donnelly said. “To build on progress that has been made, the council urges Government, and all of society, to redouble its efforts to reduce emissions and grasp the opportunity now, to create a climate neutral and sustainable society.”
Transport emissions are a big concern, growing by 6 per cent in 2022. Although there was an increase in public transport journeys and EV sales, “motor petrol and road diesel sales continue to increase, and large conventional petrol and diesel vehicles continue to take up a large percentage of overall sales”.
The council called for resources and commitment to ensure promised improvements to public transport “are delivered in full and on time”. It said the revised national planning framework “must fully reflect Ireland’s climate ambition given the fundamental link between our land use planning and transport systems and the need for appropriate planning decisions to support sustainable transport modes”.
[ European Commission recommends ambitious new climate targets but ditches plan to curb pesticide use ]
Emissions from agriculture fell by 1.2 per cent in 2022 and a target of selling fewer than 300,000 tonnes of chemical nitrogen fertilisers annually was achieved, it found, thereby reducing nitrous oxide emissions. In 2023, protected urea fertilisers, which have significantly reduced emissions, represented less than 22 per cent of straight nitrogen fertiliser sold against a target of up to 90 per cent by 2025.
Current levels of methane emissions, however, “continue at an elevated level, therefore jeopardising the sectoral ceiling”.
Emissions from electricity decreased by 2 per cent in 2022 and are likely to have fallen further last year due to record low-carbon intensity in electricity generation and high levels of imports. Renewables accounted for 43 per cent of electricity last year – against a 2025 target of 50 per cent.
“Reducing and ultimately eliminating our reliance on expensive, imported fossil fuels will reduce prices to consumers and enhance our security of supply, which is also good for our national climate objectives. However, delays in planning and rollout of onshore wind and solar farms while strengthening the grid are very real challenges ... comprehensive preparations are necessary for the achievement of the offshore wind targets later this decade,” the CCAC said.
Built environment emissions fell in 2022 by 11 per cent. Although rates of retrofitting of buildings are rising, heating systems are being decarbonised at too slow a rate, it said. The Government should actively communicate the financial and technical opportunities for heat pumps and solar PV and urgently roll out district heating schemes, it said.
Emissions from industry decreased by 7 per cent in 2022. “It is vitally important that our manufacturing sector continues to demonstrate progress in decoupling emissions growth from economic growth,” it said. The level of emissions from cement manufacturing (4.7 per cent of national emissions) “is a concern”, the council said.
Recent analysis by An Taisce also points to the impact of overshoot on the second and third carbon budgets running up to 2035, if there is a failure to meet the first carbon budget.
Their analysis suggests the carbon budget overshoot of the 2026-30 budget is so significant it will be much more difficult for the next Government to stay within the legal requirement “without highly effective emergency course-correction measures in the 2024 climate action plan to limit the overshoot”.
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Ireland is unlikely to meet the targets of its first carbon budget for the period from 2021 to 2025 despite legally-binding sectoral ceilings on emissions applied across the economy, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC).
Some progress has been achieved, it acknowledged, but its analysis indicates Ireland faces the prospect of multibillion-euro fines under “compliance costs” applied by the European Union from 2030 onwards, while carbon budgets after 2025 will be much more onerous to adhere to.
With only two years left in the first carbon budget period, the council said on Monday it is “concerned that despite progress in some sectors, it is unlikely that the first carbon budget will be met”. Cumulative emissions are likely to significantly exceed 295 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, “even in the [Environmental Protection Agency’s] more optimistic ‘with additional measures’ scenario”.
“This means very significant reductions in emissions for the remainder of the period would be required to avoid a carry-over impact into the second carbon budget period,” it warned.
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe told the Oireachtas climate committee last week that in the worst-case scenario Ireland faced compliance costs of €8 billion.
Friends of the Earth’s senior climate adviser Sadhbh O’Neill said having to fork out such funds would be “an egregious waste of [public] money”, especially as climate legislation was not being currently adhered to and politicians were not ensuring the scale of emission reductions required by law.
CCAC chairwoman Marie Donnelly said: “The impact and disruption of recent extreme weather in Ireland and globally continue to cause distress, uncertainty and economic challenge. Yet, the evidence shows the pace of emissions reductions in Ireland and globally is insufficient.
“While reductions in Ireland are welcome, they must be accelerated and delivered across all sectors and on a sustained basis. A crucial aspect of that delivery is cutting, and ultimately, eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels. The sooner we become independent from fossil fuels, the better it will be for our health, our security, the environment and our pockets.”
Households and communities must be supported and enabled to make changes now, however incremental, and be empowered through targeted information to plan for future purchases, Ms Donnelly said. “To build on progress that has been made, the council urges Government, and all of society, to redouble its efforts to reduce emissions and grasp the opportunity now, to create a climate neutral and sustainable society.”
Transport emissions are a big concern, growing by 6 per cent in 2022. Although there was an increase in public transport journeys and EV sales, “motor petrol and road diesel sales continue to increase, and large conventional petrol and diesel vehicles continue to take up a large percentage of overall sales”.
The council called for resources and commitment to ensure promised improvements to public transport “are delivered in full and on time”. It said the revised national planning framework “must fully reflect Ireland’s climate ambition given the fundamental link between our land use planning and transport systems and the need for appropriate planning decisions to support sustainable transport modes”.
[ European Commission recommends ambitious new climate targets but ditches plan to curb pesticide use ]
Emissions from agriculture fell by 1.2 per cent in 2022 and a target of selling fewer than 300,000 tonnes of chemical nitrogen fertilisers annually was achieved, it found, thereby reducing nitrous oxide emissions. In 2023, protected urea fertilisers, which have significantly reduced emissions, represented less than 22 per cent of straight nitrogen fertiliser sold against a target of up to 90 per cent by 2025.
Current levels of methane emissions, however, “continue at an elevated level, therefore jeopardising the sectoral ceiling”.
Emissions from electricity decreased by 2 per cent in 2022 and are likely to have fallen further last year due to record low-carbon intensity in electricity generation and high levels of imports. Renewables accounted for 43 per cent of electricity last year – against a 2025 target of 50 per cent.
“Reducing and ultimately eliminating our reliance on expensive, imported fossil fuels will reduce prices to consumers and enhance our security of supply, which is also good for our national climate objectives. However, delays in planning and rollout of onshore wind and solar farms while strengthening the grid are very real challenges ... comprehensive preparations are necessary for the achievement of the offshore wind targets later this decade,” the CCAC said.
Built environment emissions fell in 2022 by 11 per cent. Although rates of retrofitting of buildings are rising, heating systems are being decarbonised at too slow a rate, it said. The Government should actively communicate the financial and technical opportunities for heat pumps and solar PV and urgently roll out district heating schemes, it said.
Emissions from industry decreased by 7 per cent in 2022. “It is vitally important that our manufacturing sector continues to demonstrate progress in decoupling emissions growth from economic growth,” it said. The level of emissions from cement manufacturing (4.7 per cent of national emissions) “is a concern”, the council said.
Recent analysis by An Taisce also points to the impact of overshoot on the second and third carbon budgets running up to 2035, if there is a failure to meet the first carbon budget.
Their analysis suggests the carbon budget overshoot of the 2026-30 budget is so significant it will be much more difficult for the next Government to stay within the legal requirement “without highly effective emergency course-correction measures in the 2024 climate action plan to limit the overshoot”.
I do my bit by driving a Toyota Prius Hybrid to the coal yard to pick up 40 Kilos of coal, three bags of turf, and three bags of logs. I throw in a couple of bags of kindling just in case. That does me for a week, €50.00 all-in.
Hopefully, I'll be able to do it in an EV in the near future.
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Does your fireplace heat the rads bullets? Mine doesn't. I used to use it for years but then gave up. I still had to put the gas on to heat upstairs. Either that or leave the sitting room door open so the heat goes up. In the end I gave up. Seemed like a waste of money, 50 quid a week just to heat one room. I still light it Christmas day though. Nothing like a log fire whist you're stuffing your mush .
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Does your fireplace heat the rads bullets? Mine doesn't. I used to use it for years but then gave up. I still had to put the gas on to heat upstairs. Either that or leave the sitting room door open so the heat goes up. In the end I gave up. Seemed like a waste of money, 50 quid a week just to heat one room. I still light it Christmas day though. Nothing like a log fire whist you're stuffing your mush .
Exactly.
It's our primeval TV. You could sip a JD and stare into the flames of a log fire and be at one with the world. As distinct from watching Gogglebox with four sofa slugs commenting on what programme they're paid to watch for money.
Give me the stove every time.
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Don't be mentioning JD bullets. I've had my fill. You're right though, nothing like looking at them flames licking around a log. Warms the body and the soul.
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I picked up a keshie the other day from Balbriggan who regularly does 300km per shift.
TTnH approved cocaine supplier?
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I picked up a keshie the other day from Balbriggan who regularly does 300km per shift.
TTnH approved cocaine supplier?
Does he drive a Skoda?
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Nah not a local RC...his VW Caddy broke down and I was dropping him to the train station.Nice Chinese lad.Even gave me a tip which is unusual..
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Nah not a local RC...his VW Caddy broke down and I was droppijg him to the train station.Nice Chinese lad.Even gave me a tip which is unusual..
Maybe he does food deliveries too.
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Strangely enough, my Chinese of choice uses a local taximan for derivelies. I bet they love having us working for them.
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Strangely enough, my Chinese of choice uses a local taximan for derivelies. I bet they love having us working for them.
Do you ever drop at the Vietnamese in Santry SAN-SANS? Two high Lexusesese parked outside.
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Is that the one at the Maxol? If so, I used to buy dinner there on occasion.
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Is that the one at the Maxol? If so, I used to buy dinner there on occasion.
No, opposite the Vomit Pub on the Old Swords Road.
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New diesels are not dirty, that's like saying Skoda is unreliable rubbish and Toyota rust but the engine keeps going. The only style car for a taxi is an estate or MPV.
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New diesels are not dirty, that's like saying Skoda is unreliable rubbish and Toyota rust but the engine keeps going. The only style car for a taxi is an estate or MPV.
What about the Naan vans?
There are still some drivers who like the look of what they're driving. FFS some won't even deface their rice rockets with stickers.
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next heap will be a 21 mondie 2.0 tdci to replace my 15 mondie tdci ......
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After my diesel particle filter (DPF) problems over the last 2 years, I will never ever buy another diesel car ever again. ::fds
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Toyotas are very needy anyway, Ken.
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With the exception of the DPF which I think I was just unlucky with because of all the diesel drivers I talk too none had any of the problems that I encountered ??
Apart from that issue the Avensis is good and reliable but my Gra fer it is defo gone with the DPF problems it gave me.
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There's a huge amount of servicing in Toyotas compared to VAGs... oil every 15k kilos, antifreeze, ATF, etc, etc.... They're just very needy cars, good for lads who like to get their hands dirty quite frequently, otherwise relatively very expensive to maintain in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
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I dunno RC... ya never see the Taliban driving a VW or a Skoda.
When ya see those UN convoys on the news going through some third world country they're always in Toyotas...not a Skoda between them.
I beleive Belkers heap has a BMW engine that they bought from BMW as they no longer had much interest in developing new diesel passenger engines.I wouldnt take a BMW engined taxi if I got it for free.
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Most of them lads have the new WATs, Peugeots and such like.... I'd say the ones in Toyotas are renting!
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Strangely enough, my Chinese of choice uses a local taximan for derivelies. I bet they love having us working for them.
Mr Wu!!
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Most of them lads have the new WATs, Peugeots and such like.... I'd say the ones in Toyotas are renting!
I saw this guy smashed into the traffic island at the junction of Coolock Lane and Swords Road last night at about 01.30.
Both he and what looked like a Golf were mangled and airbags blown:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fbVLSbrB/Smash.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HJCHfTHy)
A Golf and a Caddy crashed into one another. I guess that's par for the course! 8)
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132D VW - ah well, he was due a new
taxi rental anyways ;)
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132D VW - ah well, he was due a new taxi rental anyways ;)
It was lashing rain, and at that junction, people are wont to take chances. The Caddy is in his name, so if the insurance company judges it to be 50/50 I reckon Mr.PAK/Afghan will be in the market for a rental.
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I doubt it. I came across one man who had to pay over €10k insurance after several claims a few years back. He didn't consider renting, just paid up in the knowledge that it'd come back down over a few years. There's probably 8 men driving that cab each working 18 hours a day anyway so €5k/€10k/€whatever is fuck all split between them.... and you can pay monthly.
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I doubt it. I came across one man who had to pay over €10k insurance after several claims a few years back. He didn't consider renting, just paid up in the knowledge that it'd come back down over a few years. There's probably 8 men driving that cab each working 18 hours a day anyway so €5k/€10k/€whatever is fuck all split between them.... and you can pay monthly.
Catch me if you Khan.