Jonathan Chait writes that the Green New Deal’s problems are deeper than just the bizarre FAQ disavowed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — rather, it is the plan’s radical, politically toxic “dismantling capitalism” approach and pie-in-the-sky proposals wholly unrelated to energy policy
The fallout from the Green New Deal rollout last week can be felt in the form of a new round of stories explaining what went wrong.
Reports in Vox and the Washington Post focus on a set of frequently asked questions prepared by the staff of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and then clumsily obfuscated, which left the policy open to ridicule and easy attack.
But the trouble with the Green New Deal wasn’t just an unvetted fact sheet. As Mike Pesca points out, very few environmental experts consider the targets laid out in the plan to be remotely attainable.
Climate change experts have called for zeroing out emissions in the power sector by 2050, while the Green New Deal proposes doing so by 2030. On what basis does it maintain the time frame can be accelerated by two-thirds? It does not say.
If my plan for retirement is to have a million dollars in the bank when I’m 70, and then I decide the new plan is to have a million dollars when I’m 50, is that “progress”? Or just empty sloganeering?
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The Green New Deal is a document that defines the party’s entire domestic agenda. Turning that over to a member of Congress who’s been in elected office for a few weeks and whose views are a radical outlier within the party was a bad idea, and not only because of the FAQ debacle.
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News Release, March 1, 2019
The New Green Deal Pilot Program had a big first day in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Most homes are cold and dark–coal and natural gas are illegal. There’s no refrigeration, cooktops or microwave ovens working–so-called green energy is not available. You’re headed for KCI to catch a flight to Chicago-not so fast your license plate ends in an odd number; interstate is open to even plate numbers only. The auto toll to airport is $50, go figure. You have to take an electric shuttle instead….forget it. Jet fuel is banned. You try to dial your Chicago contact but wait–no service, cell towers need power too. You’re not going anywhere–That’s the Green Raw Deal for you!
Russell, you weren’t going anywhere without a travel permit.
If you are not ” connected “,no permit for you!
The Democrats showed their left hand and are going to pay for pushing state controlled socialism . You know when the unions start chirping against “the Green Deal ” you are well and truly screwed .
Take the vote and smoke out the commies .
“Climate change experts have called for zeroing out emissions in the power sector by 2050…”
If they were experts they would know that this is a complete folly, even if they were to go completely in on nuclear power. There is no way that “renewable energy” can provide the power we need to run our modern economies. It is one thing for a ding-bat like AOC to say it can be done but anyone with even an iota of knowledge of a power grid know it won’t work.
Circa 1990, the New Democratic Party won a shock victory in the Ontario election. Bob Rae handed control of Ontario Hydro to Maurice Strong, Club of Rome psychopath. His first trick was to buy a swath of Costa Rican rain forest, to offset our coal-fired generators. Voters, beware!
It’s a Communist Manifesto.
The Dem’s need to shift into R and back out of this asap.