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In reply to the discussion: AOC's Chief-of-Staff says the Green New Deal was about restructuring the economy - not combating AGW [View all]UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)62. Is that all you got? nt
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AOC's Chief-of-Staff says the Green New Deal was about restructuring the economy - not combating AGW [View all]
riverine
Jul 2019
OP
You are mistaken ... & the current economic paradigm has 0% chance of averting climate catastrophe
mr_lebowski
Jul 2019
#24
If the economy is 100% reliant on perpetual GROWTH, that requires both more and more energy
mr_lebowski
Jul 2019
#64
oh, so you would force a Great Depression-like economic coma on the world so that
riverine
Jul 2019
#65
There's not much to read, it's just an outline with zero details on how to do it or....
George II
Jul 2019
#49
I'd say Chakrabarti shot himself in the foot, but it's more like turning an AR-15 on everyone hoping
highplainsdem
Jul 2019
#4
No shit. All you have to do is read it and the read the platform of the Democratic Socialist!
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#5
Yes, they exploited the naivete of AOC followers to pose as a climate change fighter
riverine
Jul 2019
#8
Wow, that's some sham considering that she's been pretty open about being...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2019
#45
Of course! The RW mouth-breathers have always claimed that AGW is a "Marxist plot" all the while
riverine
Jul 2019
#12
That's the plan that proscribes upgrading every bldg in America for renewable energy or something.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2019
#13
Yep - "Replacing or upgrading every U.S. building to achieve maximal energy efficiency,
dalton99a
Jul 2019
#17
Or perhaps a plan it's proponents never took as a serious climate change plan?
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#18
I'm afraid some damage has been done just by the mere existence of the GND.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2019
#21
You are making it sound like it would be done overnight, when its not....
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2019
#71
I guess Nancy Pelosi calling it "the green dream or whatever" wasn't so terrible after all.
betsuni
Jul 2019
#25
It is just a dream - no meat on those bones, no details on how to accomplish it....
George II
Jul 2019
#50
Do Chiefs of Staff to Congress folks usually RUN THEIR MOUTH? Serious question. nt
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#57