Re: Off Topic: Some random thoughts...
- Posted by Senator May 17, 2020
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AOC has already achieved most of her Green New Deal:
The assertion that "AOC has already achieved most of her Green New Deal" is patently absurd: The Green New Deal Bill has only been referred to numerous House subcomittees. Latest Action: House - 02/12/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. It is a non-binding resolution and cannot become law.
Whatever actions taken by the U.S. government to date are in no way related to or analogous to proposed "Green New Deal legislation.
Please read the actual text of the bill:
The Green New Deal legislation does not make the following assertions:
1. Eliminate fossil fuel production (check, nobody is driving, so we don't need gas)
2. Eliminate 99% of gasoline vehicles (parking them achieves the same purpose. check)
3. Eliminate air travel (check)
Elimination of fossil fuel production, 99% of gasoline vehicles, and air travel is not mentioned in the text of the Green New Deal. A quote from section 9 of the proposed Green New Deal:
(H) overhauling transportation systems in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector **as much as is technologically feasible**, including through investment in— (i) zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing; (ii) clean, affordable, and accessible public transit; and (iii) high-speed rail;
The qualifying phrase "as much as technologically feasible"
is repeated numerous times throughout the bill.
Irv got this right:
4. Free education (so far, only postponing the payments, half a check)
But this wrong:
5. Free money for those unable or unwilling to work (check)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-adviser-admits-he-falsely-claimed-green-new-deal-didnt-promise-security-for-those-unwilling-to-work
and this is wrong:
6. Ban meat (the virus shutting down packing plants will take care of that)
Banning meat is not mentioned in the Green New Deal text.
Two failures:
7. High-speed rail to replace air travel
8. Eliminate nuclear energy (no, because what's going to run the high-speed rail if they do this? Unicorns?)
High-speed rail seems unlikely: US:High Speed Rail
Elimination of nuclear energy is no specifically called for in the Green New Deal; rather, the goal is to move to completely to renewable energy within 10 years: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?" Forbes - Green New Deal is Dead Without Nuclear Power
Regards, Ken Rhodes
