Brian O'Boyle ON MARCH 15 thousands of school children took to the streets in a magnificent expression of environmental solidarity.
Fine Gael are better at covering their tracks than Trump but they are almost as reckless in terms of the environment. The Assembly also recommended increasing taxes on carbon, although this proposal won the least support from members who wanted the poorest 400,000 families exempted from the tax and all monies ring-fenced for climate initiatives.
This is an enormous task that requires a lead by the world’s governments in setting legally enforceable limits on corporations responsible for most of the emissions. Motorists currently pay 90 cent tax on a €1.50 litre of petrol. So fossil fuels are already very highly taxed but so far that hasn’t encouraged many people to switch their cars. That is because most people simply can’t afford an expensive, new electric vehicle. The government are so certain of the revenue from petrol, that they lump it in with cigarettes and alcohol as ‘old reliables’ come budget time.
British Columbia is another example put forward by carbon tax enthusiasts, but according to Food and Water Watch, overall reductions were between 1-2% with most of this down to the impact of the recession.
Where does the electricity come from?
Electric cars are not yet viable - long long way to go yet !
Neither will your 7 suggestions.
Before any of the taxes, we need an alternatives. Like train/metro to the airport and in Dublin (alternative for M50), developed public transportation, cheaper house clean fuels, cheap home electric car chargers and rates. Increasing taxes will not change anything.
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