Why don't Democrats realize that the USA is not a planet unto itself? This "Green New Deal" does not address China. China emits more carbon dioxide than the USA and EU COMBINED! https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...de-than-the-u-s-and-eu-combined/#49162d39628c Yet this dumbass Ocasio-Cortez wants to build a train across the ocean and end Air Travel for Americans! If the world is going to end in 12 years how can we build a train across both oceans in time? Green New Deal: "Air Travel Stops Becoming Necessary" Posted by Michael Palicz on Thursday, February 7th, 2019, 11:27 AM PERMALINK This morning, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released an overview of the Democrat “Green New Deal” which threatens "a massive transformation of our society." Below are the details of the proposal. Rebuild every single building in the U.S. “Upgrade or replace every building in US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency.” Will end all traditional forms of energy in the next ten years. The Green New Deal is “a 10-year plan to mobilize every aspect of American society at a scale not seen since World War 2 to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.” Plans to ban nuclear energy within 10 years if possible. “It’s unclear if we will be able to decommission every nuclear plant within 10 years, but the plan is to transition off of nuclear and all fossil fuels as soon as possible.” Build trains across oceans and end all air travel! “Build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary”. Don’t invest in new technology of Carbon Capture and Storage, just plant trees instead! “We believe the right way to capture carbon is to plant trees and restore our natural ecosystems. CCUS technology to date has not proven effective.” Mandates all new jobs be unionized. “Ensure that all GND jobs are union jobs that pay prevailing wages and hire local.” May include a carbon tax. “We’re not ruling a carbon tax out, but a carbon tax would be a tiny part of a Green New Deal.” May include cap and trade. “…Cap and trade may be a tiny part of the larger Green New Deal plan.” How much will it cost? No estimate of the total cost of implementing the Green New deal is offered by Ocasio-Cortez. However, as Ocasio-Cortez admits, “even if every billionaire and company came together and were willing to pour all the resources at their disposal into this investment, the aggregate value of the investments they could make would not be sufficient.” She does provide one estimate that the cost to “repair and upgrade infrastructure U.S. infrastructure” alone will cost “$4.6 trillion at minimum.” How will it be paid for? Don’t worry about that. Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t provide any insight into how the trillions of dollars in spending will be paid for other than claiming, “The Federal Reserve can extend credit to power these projects and investments and new public banks can be created to extend credit”. But as Ocasio-Cortez says, “the question isn’t how will we pay for it, but what will we do with our new shared prosperity”.
Around-the-world train tracks? Hmm, what could possibly go wrong with that when the world finally freezes because with so many new trees covering the earth, and no new CO2 being emitted, our protective blanket of global warmth disappears?
Common sense isn't one of AOC's strongest assets. Tis' why she appeals to so many liberal snowflakes.
It's a great idea so of course idiot Trumpers hate it. China is doing as much about CO2 pollution as the US is. Their leadership, as opposed to Trump and Trumpers, are not stupid. They understand the gravity of the situation.
What is a great idea? Ending air travel and building a train across the ocean? You dumbasses completely ignore the fact that China emits more carbon dioxide than the USA and EU combined! Are you ready to declare World War 3 against China in the name of climate change?
Who said anything about ending air travel and bridges across oceans? Once again the comprehesion of Trumpers is lacking. YOu have no idea what the proposal is actually about.