Green 'flash' registraion plate and government sponsored greenwashing. The latest green ‘flash’ registration plate scheme for motorists being promoted by Green Party Minister Eamon Ryan is yet another state sponsored green flag for greenwashing. (Green ‘flash’ registration plates for motorists on Irish roads with zero emission vehicles. Environment, November 4th, 2024) To be eligible for this scheme, vehicles must emit zero emissions at the tailpipe. However, while it is true that all electric vehicles (EVs) are emission free at the tail pipe, except for those with home solar charging facilities, all other EVs are charged from the national grid. The national grid generates electricity composed of a mixture of oil, natural gas, imports from Britain (including nuclear), renewables and hydro. Because of prolonged and severely becalmed weather currently and over the last number of weeks, the average daily wind energy generated by wind is of the order of 10 per cent of demand or around 5 GWh. The result is that over 90 per cent of electricity from the grid is being made up of a mix of fossil fuels and imports (smartgriddashboard.com) It is disingenuous therefore, as well as blatant state greenwashing, to promote a scheme that misleadingly claims that EVs are emissions free, when patently they are not, because they are charged from the grid largely fuelled by oil, natural gas and imports. This is similar to that other state sponsored scheme where retail electricity suppliers are allowed by the Commission of Regulation of Utilities, by using debased offsets, to boast that they generate and supply 100 per cent Green Energy to their customers’ homes and businesses. Another fine example of state sponsored greenwashing. Micheál Martin Eamon Ryan Hannah Daly Green Party of Ireland / Comhaontas Glas Friends of the Earth Simon Harris Lisa Leahy
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