David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How do people change their behaviour? I am trying to get to what people will do. Let us say that, in the ESRI model, carbon taxes increase by €30 and the ESRI estimate that carbon emissions will fall by 3.9%. What are people doing that will reduce the carbon emissions based on this model? The witnesses should tell me what an ordinary family will do if their home is heated by oil or gas, they have a petrol or diesel car and they live in a rural area and do not have access to public transport. What will they do to reduce their carbon footprint, based on a €30 increase, that will see emissions fall nationally by 3.9%? What specifically will they do? The witnesses should tell me specifically, through their model, what people will do to reduce their emissions.