TD claims estimate of costs of ban on fossil fuels “pure fantasy”
Media Release- Bríd Smith TD, People Before Profit, 06/11/2018
Bills benefits would far outweigh any costs says Brid Smith TD
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has labelled an Oireachtas report on the proposed bill to ban exploration for oil and gas as “pure fantasy” based on “pretty flimsy economic grounds”.
The research explicitly excluded looking at any economic benefits of the ban while much of its figures are based on “what if” scenarios that speculate on some find in the future.Read more »