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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 07, 2019, 02:11:39 pm
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Ocasio-Cortez unveils her 'Green New Deal'
by Josh Siegel
| February 07, 2019 08:09 AM
Democrats introduced a "Green New Deal" resolution Thursday that calls for a dramatic shift in the nation's energy system to fight climate change.
The nonbinding resolution, introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., contains many of the same core tenets promised by progressives eager to push Democrats further to the left on climate policy heading into the 2020 presidential election.
The resolution contains several goals that can't be turned into actual programs since it is nonbinding, and thus serves as a messaging document more than a policy proposal. NPR posted the resolution online Thursday.
It calls for "net-zero greenhouse gas emissions" by 2030, but in a subtle shift that could expand support to centrist Democrats, it also allows for noncarbon-emitting energy sources that aren’t wind and solar power to reach the goal. Progressives had originally promised 100 percent renewable energy and banning fossil fuels.
It urges the elimination of carbon-based fuel all the major segments of the economy — electricity, manufacturing, buildings, transportation, and even agriculture — all while ensuring a "fair and just transition for all communities and workers."
The resolution proposes massive public investments in clean energy infrastructure on things such as light rail and weatherized buildings.
more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/ocasio-cortez-unveils-her-green-new-deal (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/ocasio-cortez-unveils-her-green-new-deal)
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If we are all going to die in 12 years should't this dim bulb idiot be doing more than a non binding resolution?
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I'm sure Willie Green is jumping up and down over a certain aspect of this proposal.
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The ignoramus's ego has swelled with all the media attention. What other freshman rep, a bartender yet, has been featured on 60 minutes? She thinks she's the bomb.
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The 5 Most Hilarious And Insane Things In Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' Proposal
https://www.dailywire.com/news/43177/walsh-5-most-hilarious-and-insane-things-matt-walsh (https://www.dailywire.com/news/43177/walsh-5-most-hilarious-and-insane-things-matt-walsh)
The best one IMHO:
-Abolish cows.
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And how will we make up for all of the lost meat and milk that many Americans depend upon to live?
Oh, they already have a plan on that: make everyone go vegan.
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With apologies to Jean Stapleton, AOC is the real dingbat. ...And a meathead too!
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She just thinks we're gonna spend all this money and put up windmills, solar panels, dams, and geothermal and the electricity is going to start gushing everywhere.
In reality the places where these things are even practical are limited and quickly become marginal.
A far better approach would be to improve distribution systems and usage efficiency to use what we have better not even considering it would be funded by a bogus tax scheme.
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Oh, they already have a plan on that: make everyone go vegan.
Either that or we all start eating Soylent Green.
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Either that or we all start eating Soylent Green.
Tuesdays is Soylent Green day.
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The best one IMHO:
-Abolish cows.
First they came for the cows...
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She just thinks we're gonna spend all this money and put up windmills, solar panels, dams, and geothermal and the electricity is going to start gushing everywhere.
In reality the places where these things are even practical are limited and quickly become marginal.
A far better approach would be to improve distribution systems and usage efficiency to use what we have better not even considering it would be funded by a bogus tax scheme.
Ah yes, like Soyndra. That turned out great/s.
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First they came for the cows...
I will speak for the cows!
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I will speak for the cows!
Thank you!
Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before they came for me too... Best case scenario there would be a muffler and catalytic converter hanging out of my....
Don't even want to think about the worst case scenario... :shrug:
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First they came for the cows...
Sorry... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI#)
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A Democrat Senator from a coal- and natural gas-producing state isn't terribly impressed with her plan.
Senator Joe Manchin: ‘Green New Deal’ Is Raw Deal
Feb 8, 2019
Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s senior U.S. senator has a lot to say about coal and natural gas, and his new committee position will give him a platform to have his voice heard.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., spoke to attendees by video chat at the West Virginia Press Association’s annual Legislative Breakfast Thursday in Charleston.
In December, Manchin was named as the ranking Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. ...
Manchin said he plans to push back against any legislation that creates what some call a “Green New Deal.†A joint resolution introduced Thursday by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., calls for switching to 100 percent renewable energy.
“It’s people who want to stop anything having to do with fossil fuels,†Manchin said. “The Green New Deal, you’ve heard about that? That shuts everybody down. They think in 10 years we can be down to no gas, no coal, no oil, no nothing. That is not feasible, not practical, and it’s not going to happen.â€
According to Manchin, 50 percent of the energy generated by India and China is coming from coal-fired utilities. Until new technologies are developed to make coal cleaner to burn, Manchin said there is very little leverage the U.S. has to influence the behavior of serial polluters. ...
More (http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2019/02/senator-joe-manchin-green-new-deal-is-raw-deal/?fbclid=IwAR22LVi1XIDKBQmast_Cp6YaujDKrou9dZrNaagP19jPWRfJDVHW6HlSiOw)
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I watched a brief clip of her at the podium, backed by several white eunuchs who stood in solidarity while this fool blathered her nonsense. The white eunuchs looked mighty stupid.
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With apologies to Jean Stapleton, AOC is the real dingbat. ...And a meathead too!
She's the Republicans' secret weapon!
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Barrio Barbey or Barbey Barrio?
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Barrio Barbey or Barbey Barrio?
You mean Sandy from the 'Burbs?
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Barrio Barbey or Barbey Barrio?
She's the Female version of Vincent Barbarino and Arnold Horshack.
"I'm so con-fused!" That thing about the French Fry Phantom? You mean the Irish Potato Famine?
OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH! OOOOOOHHHHH! Hellooohhhh. How are ya? I am Alexandria Ocasionallll Cortex..
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First they came for the cows...
:silly:
How Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" Almost Imploded On Its First Day
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/how-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-almost-imploded-its-first-day (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/how-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-almost-imploded-its-first-day)
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The ignoramus's ego has swelled with all the media attention. What other freshman rep, a bartender yet, has been featured on 60 minutes? She thinks she's the bomb.
As Rush often points out; if the media made you, the media can break you – in fact, it’s the only thing that can end your reign as the latest media darling.
The time for breaking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will arrive soon enough, once she’s outlived her usefulness to the establishment/media swamp. In 3, 2, 1...
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:silly:
How Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" Almost Imploded On Its First Day
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/how-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-almost-imploded-its-first-day (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/how-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-almost-imploded-its-first-day)
@To-Whose-Benefit?
And rightly so - It is ridiculous. And impossible.
These bunny-hugger save-the-world dingbats are all for sending the world back to living in grass huts, sans fire, of course.
Funny how they think like that. Plop any one of em out in the sticks up here with 5 feet of snow and see how they fare. Fleeting wisdom would dawn, just prior to lips turning blue.
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I watched a brief clip of her at the podium, backed by several white eunuchs who stood in solidarity while this fool blathered her nonsense. The white eunuchs looked mighty stupid.
@austingirl
HARSH! They are just being themselves.
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@austingirl
HARSH! They are just being themselves.
@sneakypete
Yes, they were. They choose to associate themselves with the totalitarian scheme by the ignoramus. Might as well have been wearing pink hats.
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@sneakypete
Might as well have been wearing pink hats.
@austingirl
Never mind the pink hats,I'm shocked anyone that is so brain-damaged they see HER as a leader can even remember to put on clothes before they leave their kennels.
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@austingirl
Never mind the pink hats,I'm shocked anyone that is so brain-damaged they see HER as a leader can even remember to put on clothes before they leave their kennels.
@sneakypete
:silly: :silly: :silly:
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@Never mind the pink hats,I'm shocked anyone that is so brain-damaged they see HER as a leader can even remember to put on clothes before they leave their kennels.
Woof! Good one.
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