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Title: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 08:55:40 am
Last night government voted that we are in a climate crisis and decided to set up a peoples confrence .The same one that got us Gay marrage .and other referendums .Be carefullif you are looking at buying a new car expecting to get 9 years out of it .This peoples vote couls see big emissions changes voted into the constitution .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 09:01:18 am
The Green Party leader observed: "We have declared a climate emergency in our own Irish way."

The issue of a biodiversity emergency is to be considered by a Citizens' Assembly.

The Oireachtas Climate Action report before the House tonight emanated from a Citizens' Assembly report.

In his speech, Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley had also called for a climate emergency to be declared, but there were no Sinn Féin TDs in the Dáil chamber when the amendments were put.

The 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg has warmly welcomed Ireland declaring a climate emergency.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 09:28:01 am
Donny T just increased trade tarriffs on China will European Cars be next .German Economy is stagnant for the last 5 years .Ireland voted for a Fiscal Treaty and voted it into our constitution .Its black and white .Ireland can only spend what it earns plus we need to pay off our national debt .We need to increase out tax take by about 1,7 billion a year just to stand still .Environmental taxes  water charges Carbon tax ,road pricing are all going to be part of it .First you create the panic warning about the impact of doing nothing then you introduce tax as a way of fixing it .4 million Irish  India and China make up 25% of the worlds population .Ireland cannot impact world emissions but our government will tax the fuck out of us .2 billion for a hospital 5 billion for some wires quarter of a million for an x corpo gaff in Dublin (if you can get one )23% Vat 9% prsi on earnings plus income tax plus property tax already workers are paying 60% tax on every £ they earn.Now the biggie what happens if the EU have to retaliate against American trade in a trade War will Facebook ,Google ,Linked In all be tarriffed reducing earnings and reducing their tax bill paid in Ireland .This environmental bullshit is setting us up for MORE TAX .When you hear Citizens Assembley youknow FG are looking for others to fire the bulletts for them.BEWARE .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: mercenary for hire on May 10, 2019, 09:34:41 am
Yer right only a moron would buy a diesel in the current climate...
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 09:44:39 am
I bought a part worn Diesel EVs are not well enough developed at the moment to justify the cost but PEOPLES ASSEMBLEY means goverment working at arms length with somebody else to blame if it goes wrong .I just had a phone call fromsomebody who thought I was still a member asking me to vote for Clair Daly and not the party candidate as she was safe in aseat and Mark Durkan has a better chance of being elected for the DUP than FG .Seems FG would like Daly out of the Dail and safely boxed off in Bruxcells .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 10:18:52 am
Panic in the White Gaff Donny Ts Bluff has been called by China will the Orange arsehole decide that he is a big loser and look at how North Korea wiped their arse with him China are laughing at him will he attack Iran .US stock market is in meltdown he needs the oil price to rise a war in the Gulf would slow down oil movements and impact on China and not America as they are self sufficient .The Crazy Orange Man might just decide to masterbate his ego by killing a few million arabs or Muslims or both .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: The Liffey Lip on May 10, 2019, 10:37:07 am
All about the centralisation of power, John. We hear the Yanks talking incessantly about the GDPR act........we were in the queue to follow suit........soon the mission statement will be "One World Govt to save the planet"...universal taxes and those with lifestyles not living up to the mark will be euthanised...........
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 10, 2019, 10:50:49 am
All about the centralisation of power, John. We hear the Yanks talking incessantly about the GDPR act........we were in the queue to follow suit........soon the mission statement will be "One World Govt to save the planet"...universal taxes and those with lifestyles not living up to the mark will be euthanised...........

Already said that Lip anything south of the Equator has little human value India .Pakistan Africa using up to much air and water but not buying Hondas .Harley Davisons or Mercs ,Budwiser ,Carlsnberg or Jonny Players Blue .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: The Liffey Lip on May 10, 2019, 10:54:00 am
Rule of Thumb is if you see Bono in the vicinity, then it's a con or a hoax....carbon is not destroying the planet...........global warming was found out and now it's been rejigged to brainwash kids....we're all irrelevant...........
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: watty on May 10, 2019, 06:00:42 pm
There was 6 TD's in the Dail last night when this happened.  It was a FF proposal but there was no FF people there.  So FG had to introduce it.

Yeah, big fukking emergency.  I'd say the emergency was the Dail bar running out of ice  ::cheers
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: Shallowhal on May 10, 2019, 06:58:55 pm
Be a cold day in hell when that happens!!
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: C5 on May 11, 2019, 03:09:39 pm
Lads calm down about the diesel cars, the new ones are super clean they are getting way below the euro numbers of 95 gms pr km in real world driving tests. I'll be getting another diesel and another one after that. Even if the diesel price goes 50c over petrol your still cheaper cause a tank of fuel lasts longer. Its the petrol that should be band with its higher co2 thats actually worse for the atmosphere than diesel, 100% of nox will be captured in the euro emissions 8 engines of the future. Evs are not fit for taxi life. Tiny boots, ya can only use between 10 and 85% of its charge or the battery will degrade fast so that lower's the range further, its basically knocking 30% of the claimed range plus some for the real world. Greens and government pushing something they haven't a clue about.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: mercenary for hire on May 11, 2019, 03:33:22 pm
I'd only be buying a leccy one because there's a 7000 subsidy.You could probably get a decent spec brand new leaf for about 20k.If you get 5 years out of one then it's cost you no more than regular car including the fuel.If I get more than that it would be a bonus.We don't care about the environment just free money from the NTA.

Dublin Bus are still buying new Diesels until the end of the year.We'd be mad to think we can make a difference by plugging our cars into the wall.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: C5 on May 11, 2019, 11:11:45 pm
Leafs will give ya grief, there isn't proper cooling in them, so if your working it and charging all day each charge takes longer and longer because the battery is to hot. Nissan's big mistake to keep the price down they left the liquid cooling out its just electric fans. They were never designed to be taxi's, just private driver runabouts from a to b then park.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 12, 2019, 09:47:11 am
Electric cars and phones both use the same battery tec Just look at how long an old phone holds a charge and how long it takes to recharge .Pity id C5 the Mungbean munching ,tree huggiong ,sandal wearing bike peddeling breast feeding sons and daughters of mother earth will see them as an answer to a question nobody asked .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: mercenary for hire on May 12, 2019, 10:26:13 am
I've done me research into the Leaf and reckon it would fit my needs doing 20k a year ,even though I don't like gambling on keeping the battery that long.Some could say the diesel engine was the answer to the question nobody asked.The public feel duped and betrayed over emissions scandal and don't believe anything that the likes if VW say. Diesel owners are gonna keep getting targeted while VW and co tool up to change direction.

VW have a mass-produced leccy car coming out next year, same size as a Golf.As soon as they build enough of them and start offering more hybrids they'll stop making the diesel.It won't be long before you can't buy your preferred model in a diesel version. Don't forget all this autonomy bollox that they're investing billions in depends on the cars being electric.

The only hope for the diesel taxi might be the amount of diesel wheelies getting plated up.They won't legislate against them if it means there will be a smaller wheelie fleet.The NTA have no problem giving folks cancer as long as a handful of people in wheelchairs can get home from the pub.A bit weird isn't it.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 12, 2019, 11:35:09 am
Merc I see a HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER on the horizon .How do we dispose of all the old batteries .At the moment it is such a problem that they are asking you to return your Ever Readyies for proper disposal .What will the financial cost of disposal be to the driver at end of service .
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: mercenary for hire on May 12, 2019, 11:59:10 am
They can be repurposed for home battery banks that collect power from solar/wind panels to use off-peak.But more likely they'll be bought, broken up and used to rebuild other leccy cars that might be broken.When a big battery fails it's usually just one section that's only a fraction of the whole battery.Be like throwing out yer 6 pack because one can is empty in it...
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: Cool Boola on May 12, 2019, 12:25:23 pm
Recon of batteries is a option but it is very labour intensive.Did a bit of it in Grant Row.  Yonks ago .Very corrosive ..so nowdays would use a robot to do it....
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: mercenary for hire on May 12, 2019, 12:32:45 pm
Dunno about old batteries but the pack in my Prius and the ones in the Leccy cars are assembled like fancy Lego.You don't even get yer hands dirty.When you buy reconditioned packs it,s usually just good packs made up of the good bits of failed packs that are balanced and charged and sent back out on the road.
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: watty on May 12, 2019, 05:31:14 pm
Merc I see a HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER on the horizon .How do we dispose of all the old batteries .At the moment it is such a problem that they are asking you to return your Ever Readyies for proper disposal .What will the financial cost of disposal be to the driver at end of service .
The other question to ask is where do they get the ingredients for the batteries in the first place.  That's very bad environmentally.  And they're running out of the ingredients as well!
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: Bob Shillin on May 12, 2019, 06:27:05 pm
John, I hope that you have given consideration to the fact that the sun is now in the second half of it's life and will burn out in less than 5 billion years. It's another serious problem that you need to add to your list of things to worry about
Title: Re: BEWARE OF MORE SHIT
Post by: john m on May 12, 2019, 08:40:16 pm
The big problem is the supermagnets that drive EVs the rare earths that they need to make them come fromChina .If Americas Orange man keeps annoying Chinas Yellow Man EV will be so expensive they will be unaffordable .