This morning.
Across Dublin city centre.
Members and supporters of I Bike Dublin stage a ‘slow cycle’ demonstration, as part of this week’s Extinction Rebellion events.
Pics: Rainer Melzer, Onyerbike, and Cllr Donna Cooney
Alternatively…
If you're legitimately worried about climate change and the impact it will have on your children's future, please watch this interview with Extinction Rebellion by @afneil. He skillfully deconstructs their arguments as ignoring evidence, scaremongering and proposals as extreme. pic.twitter.com/2l21ImqPzf
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) October 9, 2019
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If the traffic is slow, there’s probably cyclist in front…
Nope, when the journey home at rush hour takes a half an hour longer than usual it is not because of bikes on the road.
Nah. Probably a ‘driver’ playing with a phone at the front as the lights change.
Nah, just too many single occupancy motor vehicles travelling a distance that could easily be cycled.
Doubt it …most bikes in Dublin get to achieve a far higher average speed on a commute than a car. There,d be more cycling if the cycling infrastructure wasn’t so poo poo …despite the endless platitudes from DCC.
Although throwing their lot in with fruitcakes and zealots like ER instead of just campaigning for better bike infrastructure is a mistake IMO
Sure where does the traffic come from at all at all?
We’re all going to die !!!
Haha, silly, no, just lots of poor people in vulnerable areas. For now.
I hope you never intend on leaving Ireland other than in a row boat. Certainly don’t have children if you don’t already. If you do, I hope your washing line is full of hand washed in rain water towels for the sprogs upsies.
Yes, of course there are two options:
1) Live in a cave and eat leaves
2) Change nothing
Why would you hope those things? The best personal action you can take is politcal – vote on environmental issues. Everything else, just do what you can. Smug edgey idiots will never stop with the lame gotchas, but they’ll also benefit from cleaner air and water and reduced emissions, so bless their salty li’l hearts.
It’s not about living in a cave. Its about people pontificating while aspects of their life leave a far bigger footprint than other.
Voting politically to make a real impact iI find naive. If by some miracle the Greens won a majority here do you think they would just close down the farming industry?
In this scenario what impactful change could you see in the 4 years?
Is closing down the farming industry a Green Party proposal?
It’s not just about giving the Greens a majority. It’s about making environmental issues political issues for all parties. They can’t close down the farming industry, that would be catastrophic. They have to transform it. In four years we’ll be lucky if more politicians are taking these issues seriously and actively trying to win votes by promoting environmental policies. If just some of that is trickling down to positive changes then haleluia.
Fair enough Nigel. I appreciate the reasoned response.
eat the babies Clampers…devour them
Andrew Neil flew on Jeffrey Epsteins plane.
Did he?
Yep
800 arrested in London so far this week, though, in fairness, they are seriously disrupting carbon emitting transport in London.
These cyclopaths are alienating the very people that they need to get on side by their useless antics.
Boring as it is, the only way to create real societal change is through political action.
I do wonder as to how soon it will be before we see either an even more mentally unstable Extinction Rebellion cult follower commit suicide or worse kill innocents, because in their fevered imagination they want to “save the climate”
My trip to work this morning was an hour longer than usual because of a multi-vehicle collision, but I’m not blaming anyone else for that. I don’t blame the idiots that crashed on a straight section of motorway in good driving conditions. Because I chose to get into my car, with the expectation that there would be traffic and potential delays.
If I’d cycled I’d have been at work much earlier.
So as I see it, we must either accept that we’re driving inefficient carbon-emitting vehicles and deal with the traffic jams and emissions we’re causing… or change our ways. I don’t think this extinction rebellion crew really have to get anyone “on-side”. They’re hoping to cause a change in behaviour.
Heavy traffic is pretty much good enough to encourage people like me not to drive. And I’d say there’s more than just me in this situation: there needs to be a congestion charge in the cities. And the money earned needs to go into sustainable transport.
ah yes, the ole “thanks for pushing ordinary people further to the right” argument, followed by some ridiculous hysteria that they’ll all turn out to be murderers. Nice wan Joe, but you’ve got to be better (as in, more subtle) at gaslighting if you want it to be effective
Environmental activists are more likely to be murdered than to murder.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/05/environmental-activist-murders-double
You are who you side with.
Extremely worrying report on the dangers of fracked gas.
At present the Irish Govt. are trying to push through approval for a plant to in Shannon to import American fracked gas, which will then be exported to Europe. The proposed plant will proceess vast amounts of this filthy fuel.
Please consider writing to your local govt TD to oppose this.
https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/fracked-gas-far-worse-for-environment-than-coal-say-scientists-38580507.html
Cyclists are fine. Except the ones with the Brompton #foldies. So Brexit Leave…..