Is this just STUPID???

Question

In Ireland there are new laws coming in that hit motorists with big engines with huge tax payments . The government insist that anyone driving a "big engine" car is putting more pollution into the air. The government are trying to make people go green by introducing these new taxes , by introducing tax incentives for people to downgrade engine size or by buying a green car , say Toyota Prius , all to save the planet , global warming , ozone layer , bla bla bla , but nearly every car in saw for example , USA , is a 4 or 5 or even a 6 litre engine , and there are way more people over there than in Ireland , is it ******** ? Can a population as small as Ireland really have an affect ??? EH NO

Answer 1

Everyone can make a difference! That's why after I graduate from college I will buy an Aptera! Look for www.aptera.com!

Answer 2

It is stupid, they should do this to Americans and force them to use smaller engined cars and stop polluting the planet with no F**King consequences.

Answer 3

Just because you live in a sh*t hole, doesn't mean everyone else has to. They respect their country and care for their children.

Give me a thumbs down, I know I am right.

Answer 4

Bigger engines do pollute more, however the government is missing a very important issue.

You can not tow or haul any kind of weight with a 4 banger or a Prius. If you need to move weight for work, your horses, livestock, boat, hay or whatever the gov better understand that a real machine is needed.

Not everyone uses a lorry for work to move stuff. But the gov alway seems to have their head up the dark side and act first and think later.

Answer 5

Yes it can is the short answer. Unfortunately countries like the USA have been so stuck up their own arses that they don't realise they have been the the biggest contributor to the dire state of the planet.

The problem isn't about taxation though - I live in Brazil where everybody with a reasonable income seems to want to drive a gas-guzzling Hi-Lux or equivalent, despite having the highest taxation in the world! People are stupid and irresponsible and Governments are no better.

Answer 6

This "Greenwash" is a Godsend to governments the world over. Once they realised they could put whopping extra taxes on something everybody has to do, whether directly or not, they've been rubbing their greedy little hands together ever since.

No eco-weenie has yet satisfactorally explained how charging even more to use the only form of transport that makes any sense if you have to get somewhere in a reasonable time, or take stuff with you, is going to "save the planet, dude". It just means people won't have as much money to spend on other things and the economy will nosedive....oh hang on, it's happened already, oops!

Answer 7

In the last few years,  Ireland has done a number of things that set a good example.

It has encouraged high-tech and artistic activity, so that it has achieved an amazing amount of economic development.

It has effectively discontinued the use of plastic shopping bags.

Progressive governments all over the world are trying to act as if there will be a tomorrow.

A person or a country doesn't need to be large to behave decently.

Answer 8

Big Engine Tax :  stupid idea from simple minds.

Tax Incentive for Improvements :  better idea by thoughtful minds.

And, a population as small as ME can have a very real affect.

Answer 9

You only have to push one domino to knock down a thousand. Ireland is just the beginning. It may catch on, or this domino may fall the wrong way. Hopefully it is a push in the right direction!

Answer 10

Life makes me tired.