Global warming, or climate change, is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature since the late nineteenth century. In politics, the debate over global warming is centered on whether this increase in temperature is due to greenhouse gas emissions or is the result of a natural pattern in the earth's temperature. In 2015 Alan Kelly, the minister for the Environment, published the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill which outlined several goals that will make Ireland a “low carbon” economy by 2050. Opponents argue that strict laws on carbon emissions will have a severe effect on the Irish economy since many of the regulations will inflict heavy costs on the agricultural industry. Proponents argue that Ireland should join other developed countries and do its part to limit carbon emissions by 2020.
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Response rates from 909 Tralee voters.
79% Yes |
21% No |
72% Yes |
16% No |
6% Yes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
3% No, provide more incentives for alternative energy production instead |
2% No, just enforce existing regulations |
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1% No, and the current government is over-regulating businesses |
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0% No, and I believe global warming is a natural occurrence |
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Unique answers from Tralee voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Climate change doesn’t exist, left wing democracy uses it as a mass propaganda machine to control the population
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environmental regulations should be increased but there should be differences in the application on big corporations versus local businesses
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Without China and India on board it seems like just another way to get taxes but obviously people, companies and states should be mindfully in ways to reduce co2
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Yes, but take the scale and speed of regulations into account when considering the potential diminishment of direct foreign investments and local economies
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It depends on the size of the business, regulations are important but if enforced on a national level irrelevant to scale then could cause severe closures of small buisnness due to regulatory requirements and costs.
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Larger more profitable businesses should face increased regulations. Smaller local business should receive incentives for alternative energy options
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Yes, but it should relative to the size and nature of the business eg. Data centres of multinational tech giants
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Yes but only if they actually make sense. Incentives should be made to go towards environmentally better ways of working.
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