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Fossil fuel use in Ireland must be 'phased out' in 15 years - Climate Change Advisory Council
RTÉ News ^ | Thursday, 12 Dec 2024 01:29 | George Lee, Environment Correspondent

Posted on 12/11/2024 7:08:22 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said it is an absolute imperative that fossil fuel usage in Ireland must be phased out in 15 years or people and the economy will face profound costs.

It says by 2040, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions must be down to one third of the amount emitted in 2018.

For this to happen, emissions will need to be cut by at least 6.3% every year out to 2040.

Publishing its final carbon budget proposals today for the period from 2031 to 2035, the Climate Change Advisory Council said Ireland has not risen to meet its climate change challenges and is currently set to miss its agreed carbon budget to 2030.

It says an urgent response to the crisis is now needed, which will entail a 67% cut to carbon emissions by 2040, and the most significant changes since the foundation of the State.

It will require changing how we heat our homes, how we move around, how we produce food and how we operate our businesses. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: carbonpropaganda; climatechange; climatechangehoax; climatehoax; europe; eussr; fakescience; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; ireland
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1 posted on 12/11/2024 7:08:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Climate Change Activists need to be phased out in 15 years!


2 posted on 12/11/2024 7:10:24 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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The muzzie overlords won’t allow that.


3 posted on 12/11/2024 7:11:13 PM PST by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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Population 5.2 Mil....lol


4 posted on 12/11/2024 7:14:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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I’m sure they can rely on solar in sunny ol’ Ireland. /s


5 posted on 12/11/2024 7:46:20 PM PST by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Olog-hai

Buy some small modular reactors.


6 posted on 12/11/2024 7:48:37 PM PST by packagingguy
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Next you know the Scots will make it illegal for the whisky-makers to roast their malt over peat.


7 posted on 12/11/2024 8:06:59 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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“Next you know the Scots will make it illegal for the whisky-makers to roast their malt over peat.”

That may be the red line. Not Obama’s “red line”, a real red line.


8 posted on 12/11/2024 8:09:45 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, it is near the end of the day.)
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To: Sacajaweau

They basically have a pre-industrial civilization, they might be able to get away with it.


9 posted on 12/11/2024 8:10:40 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, it is near the end of the day.)
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To: Sacajaweau
Burning peat is natural and organic and renewable. What's not to like?

10 posted on 12/11/2024 8:13:18 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Olog-hai

Retardation is rampant in Ireland. China farts in a day the emissions of Ireland for a couple years.


11 posted on 12/11/2024 8:16:37 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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Retardation is rampant in Ireland. China farts in a day the emissions of Ireland for a couple years.


12 posted on 12/11/2024 8:16:51 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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Way for the globalist libtards to gay up Ireland…


13 posted on 12/11/2024 8:37:08 PM PST by Eternally Anti-Globalist (Language, Borders, Culture)
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To: Olog-hai

Apparently one potato famine wasn’t enough for them.


14 posted on 12/11/2024 9:01:47 PM PST by cockroach_magoo (In the land of the deaf, the one-eared man is king.)
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To: Olog-hai

Great! More for us to use.


15 posted on 12/11/2024 9:18:08 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: Olog-hai

Among other things, it means NO MORE MEAT, although the Irish won’t be told about that part of the plan until they’re fully controlled.


16 posted on 12/11/2024 9:23:36 PM PST by BobL
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“The Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council Marie Donnelly said...”

ALWAYS a woman destroying the country.


17 posted on 12/11/2024 9:26:22 PM PST by BobL
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STONE AGE TO RETURN TO IRELAND SOON


18 posted on 12/11/2024 9:43:28 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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It will require people lining up for euthanasia.


19 posted on 12/11/2024 10:01:32 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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Where are they going to get all of their petroleum products from? Maybe they’ll just go back to the early 1800’s kind of living? Good luck! Farewell!


20 posted on 12/11/2024 10:33:23 PM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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