Last week, Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released an FAQ to accompany her co-sponsored Green New Deal. Among the many dramatic and far-reaching statements was that the Green New Deal would make air travel unnecessary. But you can relax, it’s not going to happen.
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The Green New Deal
Presented this week in Washington DC, The Green New Deal borrows the ambition, progress and national unity from FDR’s New Deal during the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s New Deal (the only four-term president in the United States) was a desperate solution for a very desperate time and a nation on it’s back. The economy was nearly dead, Americans were starving, Government intervention was key.
In the end, the United States economy was able to pull through with the Government providing millions of jobs to hard-working Americans and toward the end of the New Deal, a wartime economy where everyone pulled together.
Representative Ocasio-Cortez and her 67 co-sponsors have outlined a dramatic and sweeping package with millions of new jobs and heavy government investment to radically attack the problem of climate change. The US alone contributes some 20% of global emissions and some scientists have suggested that the world has just 12 years to make a major impact to stop the effects of human-contributed climate change before serious consequences and irreversible actions commence.
The Green New Deal intends to make the US carbon neutral within ten years by mobilizing the government in a wartime effort to radically re-engineer the country, benefiting the economy, workers, while saving the environment and leading the way for other nations. The entire Green New Deal FAQ can be found here.
Excellent Intentions
Adversaries and supporters can both laud the intention of the Green New Deal. Leading the world by example with a radical new approach that creates jobs for millions, stimulates the economy, replaces or upgrades every single building in the United States, introduces high-speed rail travel in a way the world has never seen before and goes from consuming 25% of the world’s oil to becoming carbon-neutral is nothing but commendable.
Equally, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez setting an audacious goal of completing the work inside of 10 years, citing examples of previously-thought impossible targets reminisces the hallmarks of great leaders before like FDR, JFK or in the private sector, the Wright Brothers & Elon Musk. I’m currently listening to an audiobook about Musk and he is famous for setting completely unrealistic targets and missing them but in the process finishing faster and cheaper than by factors of ten or more than his peers. Setting unreachable goals and occasionally achieving them or coming very close to the timeline has pushed his achievements stratospherically. Perhaps the audacity of the timeline could be key to getting closer to the goal than if a realistic target was applied.
Impractical as Written
Despite best intentions, the bill, at least as presented in the FAQ released from Representative Ocasio-Cortez’s office, is laughable when it comes to execution. Even proponents and co-sponsors started to back away from the claims Ocasio-Cortez issued on the same day it was released.
First, the plan is sometimes exact, such as the ten-year target, but then in other places, it is rather vague. Vehicle charging locations will be “everywhere” and air travel will become unnecessary simply because trains will be a more viable option. For a plan this audacious, credible specifics are required especially when its incredulous in nature. For example, the Green New Deal intends to replace every combustible engine in the US in the same decade as high-speed train rapid development and every building in the US being upgraded or replaced. But that’s not just cars, that’s lawn mowers, airplane tugs, cranes (that will be busy building everything of course) boats, tanks. It doesn’t appear well thought out let alone practical. Other goals are as specific as “healthy food.”
The plan acknowledges not every “farting cow” and airplane can be phased out within the first ten years (kudos). But still somehow suggests it’s remotely achievable. Also, for those who were doubting it, no Green New Deal would be complete without completely free higher education and healthcare plus… and I want to quote the following from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez herself,
“Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work.”
Also, all of the work provided by the government will utilize “high wage” union jobs – which has never led to the failure of an entire industry (everyone in Detroit can undoubtedly relate.)
Why It Couldn’t Possibly End Air Travel
More specifically pertaining to the statement regarding air travel, the bill could certainly be effective for those in particular coastal markets that travel solely between major cities in a confined space. From the congresswoman’s FAQ regarding the specific goals to achieve carbon neutrality inside of ten years:
“Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle”
There are really a few parts about this that speak to the impossibility of the proposal and why detractors have an instant case for dismissing the bill simply on the basis of being an ecological daydream and not a plan of action. Pretending for a moment that this it was remotely possible to expand high-speed rail inside of ten years to replace air travel simply in nearby massive markets where travel often takes place (Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington DC, San Diego-Los Angeles-San Francisco-Portland-Seattle, Miami-Orlando-Atlanta) there is an awful lot of country to fill in on the map. The plan may work for the Eastern corridor but is a fallacy in smaller markets that are significant in size, but not on the scale of the Boston to Washington DC level.
If we suspend belief that the above could be achieved at a scale for the massive volume of traffic, there would still not be enough bandwidth to expand it to smaller markets. Jets would still be required to fly business people from New Orleans to Minneapolis, from Omaha to Tampa, Kansas City to Buffalo. Therefore, air travel would remain necessary for traveling families and business people throughout a majority of the country that travels between the coasts.
The speed would also be a problem. High-speed trains currently consist of 120-160 mph trains on either existing or new tracks. Maglev trains run on tracks averaging 200-400 miles in distance at a top rate of speed of 374 mph. Not a single high-speed train nor Maglev currently runs in the US (though some are in development). The concept of moving from none to enough to replace millions of travelers every single day in a single decade seems more than fanciful, it’s absurd. That’s just the volume of travelers, which does not factor in the tremendous additional time required to take the journey and does not include the changing of trains which will be required several times for a long journey.
What naive enthusiasts misunderstand about train travel in Europe when comparing it to a potential model in the US is that cities are simply much closer together in Europe with fewer topographical challenges, and many more cities and people. London and Paris are separated by a channel and some 300 miles but have combined metropolitan statistical areas of 30 million. The entirety of the United Kingdom would fit inside of Oregon but would encompass more than 20% of the population of the US. As a nation, the US is just too spread out to make that work.
So Relax, It’s Not Going to Happen
For all of the logical reasons above, even if the well-intentioned but unrealistic and devoid of reason Green New Deal is somehow passed in Congress, the Senate and signed into law by a President – it still won’t end air travel. While I can appreciate the enthusiasm, as does Rep. Pelosi while verbally patting Ocasio-Cortez on the head, it may make the challenge even higher for environmentally-related charges. If the progressive democrats are seen as so detached from reality that they believe they can run all of these programs concurrently and achieve them inside of a decade, then are they not just loons who should be dismissed as quickly as possible? Are there concerns over climate change valid if they can’t comprehend the ridiculous nature of their plan?
What do you think? Is the Green New Deal going to make air travel unnecessary? Is this plan more plausible than it appears to me? Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ambitious or delusional? Both?
I have never seen someone so disconnected with reality than this woman. It feels like she just landed from another planet. What scares me is that people votes for her and now people listen to her delusions. Not a fan of our president but one thing I agree with him: America will never be a socialist country. 🙂
Most definitely delusional.
Do not underestimate how dangerous Occasional Cortex can be when the mainstream media is backing her as their darling, similar to when Obama ran for Pres back in 2008.
Enough folks looking for a free handout voted her in, which means the socialism disease can spread very, cery quickly across rhe US.
Even Goebbels knew that if you repeated something enough, people would believe the lie.
Could not agree more. She scares the hell out of me. I am am fortunate to have a second citizenship so if she ever gains momentum and support to go ahead with her comunist ideas I can buy a one way ticket and get out of here.
I think Trump (the secret Russian agent jk) poses a more imminent threat to our Democracy. Ocasio-Cortez is ambitious and progressive; I’m not going to deny that. However, saying that she is a communist and a socialist is a nutty, right-wing talking point.Also, capitalism leaves people behind. It favors the rich over the poor. A recent CNN business analysis showed that the top 26 billionaires control the same amount of wealth as a 3.8 billion people. Get the facts. Cite the facts. Don’t rely on petty ad hominem and baseless claims.
Ocasio-Cortez is a regressive Stalinist/Maoist with delusions of intelligence. Saying she is communist or socialist is hardly nutty or a right-wing talking point since she herself loudly proclaims socialism and its tenets. BTW, if you actually dig into the facts (as you claim to want), you’ll find that the “top 26” constantly changes — and a fair number of that top 26 are heavy donors to the Democratic party so either their capitalist success hasn’t affected their base values or they have something to gain from the Democratic agenda.
So what your saying is your not a real American in the first place because at the sign of something you disagree with you run. Go back to your home country little bitch. I’m gonna complain but if it gets bad I’ll leave. I guess you more pussy then us liberals cause we didn’t run when trump got elected. That’s right you bitch made. Thanks for exposing yourself.
“I’m proud to take all the benefits of the American system and leave when it gets bad”
How you think about your white republican counterparts thinking of you being a whiney immigrant that wants to take all the best of America and not contribute
Take your side switchin ass back to your home country and go play in the dirt if you don’t got any big boy diapers.
So what your saying is your not a real American in the first place because at the sign of something you disagree with you riot. Go back to your blue state little bitch. I’m gonna complain but if it gets bad I’ll riot. I guess you more pussy then us republicans cause we didn’t riot when obama got elected. That’s right you bitch made. Thanks for exposing yourself.
“I’m proud to take all the benefits of the American system and leave when it gets bad”
How you think about your bleeding heart counterparts thinking of you being a whiney soy boy that wants to take all the best of America and not contribute
Take your estrogen-filled ass back to your blue state and let big daddy government take care of you if you don’t got any big boy diapers.
So what your saying is your not a real American in the first place because at the sign of something you disagree with you riot. Go back to your blue state little bitch. I’m gonna complain but if it gets bad I’ll riot. I guess you more pussy then us republicans cause we didn’t run when obama got elected. That’s right you bitch made. Thanks for exposing yourself.
“I’m proud to take all the benefits of the American system and leave when it gets bad”
How you think about your bleeding heart counterparts thinking of you being a soy boy that wants to take all the best of America and not contribute
Take your estrogen-filled ass back to your blue state and let big daddy government control you if you don’t got any big boy diapers.
Trump lies daily (as does fox, breitbart, etc) and Cult45 believes every word. Amazing to the rest of us…,
Fox and MSNBC are equally biased on different sides of the aisle. Your slant may make one feel more honest than the other but it doesn’t it true for either. The purpose of the post, however, is simply to state that despite best intentions the plan will not end air travel despite claims to such.
With even decent public transport at each end, there are plenty of parts of the US that should be ripe for high speed train routes. And they are better to move people off the roads tbh. Anyone currently choosing to drive 4-7hrs between or through large metro areas, or take a 1hr flight, this is the perfect scenario for high speed rail. And not just the Northeast corridor. Florida top to bottom, the Texas triangle, LA – Bay Area, LA – Las Vegas, LA – Phoenix, Chicago -Detroit – Toronto too.
Europe still has a huge airline industry, despite the extra competition from rail..
Valid point.
I’ve never understood the reasoning behind widespread high speed rail. Why spend billions of $ to acquire land, then tens if not hundreds of billions to clear/deforest it and build fixed infrastructure, all for a product that will be considerably slower and no safer then air travel?
I can see the benefit in some small commuter corridors but the idea of a transcontinental line doesn’t make a lot of sense. Amtrak hasn’t had much luck keeping their standard high speed routes accident free, i doubt their high speed ones will be any safer.
European air travel is actually rising and rail transportation is declining.
Transportation by train is heavily subsidized and it still comes up as expensive or sometimea more expensive than air travel, and a lot slower.
Low cost airlines are booming. Very competitive and in high demand. Even international bus transportation (which was always very popular in Europe) is declining for long routes.
It seems that Euripe is moving forward, while we would force ourselves to move backwards.
I’m for trains if they make economic sense. Let the market decide.
If she were unattractive, would anyone even care what she thinks? I think her appeal is primarily her television ready persona, not her poorly thought out positions.
It’s funny to watch you idiots be scared. She’s 28 don’t worry hopefully you’ll die first and won’t experience ‘socialist America’ lol
Btw this is fucking America so if we decided to democracticly vote on more socialistesqe policies would you stay or leave you dumb proud American?
They said women will never vote, they said brown people would never vote, they didn’t wanna give non heterosexuals rights. They said universal healthcare would never happen. So much winning for you huh ? well guess what it’s happened and happening. You can’t stop the wave. Changes will come wether you like it or not. Oh yeah you racists said weed never have a black president. Jokes on you.
Enjoy the ride.
Racist much?
Or not. But good try.
If saying “hide your little white dicks” sounded offensive to you it must be because you fall under that category.
LOL!
The defense of a wildly offensive, racist reply is: “your being offended by racism does not count because you are the target of the racism”
Have we really fallen so low?
Let’s get away from Ms. Ocasio Cortez and talk about the plan itself.
I agree that we should focus on the plan. However, the document (which wass authored by her Chief of Staff according to the document released on her website and captured by NPR) has now been disavowed by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez herself which puts her back at the center of preposterousness.
The fact is that every time one of these bloggers fly in business class from the US to Asia, their single seat produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as driving a huge Hummer SUV for a whole year (12,000 miles). People’s anger for destruction of the Earth should be directed at air travelers, especially those flying business and first class over even folks driving gas guzzling cars. Just a fact.
Source?
Carbon dioxide production: coach-seat = F/J seat on same plane.
And if they didn’t buy the F/J seat (or even the coach seat), the plane would still fly.
A J/F seat takes more space than a Y seat and is usually much heavier, so the co2 ratio is worse.
Also, the soft product is heavier (crockery, coffee cups, amount of food, food waste, free luggage allowance). All of this makes a big difference.
So you’re not a fan of the recent mistake fare that allowed thousands of people (such as myself!) to fly to Asia on Hong Kong Airlines for $600?
She is hot.
But I think she is taking a big risk. Sticking her neck out and drawing all the republican attention. The spineless Democrats meanwhile take cover behind her.
Guaranteeing food, medical care and a personal shelter for every citizen is not socialism. American right is so detached from humanity that they call this socialism. No one is saying beyond these basic needs that you should not thrive in a competitive, capitalistic world.
I frankly do not know that if half of the Americans have such a strong feeling of “everyone man for themselves” more non- whites don’t commit violence on whites. If it’s “everyone for themselves” why do you expect people to act civilized with you. Delusional! Everyone for themselves also means by whichever means necessary. If I am on the jury and the defendant says he shot a white dude because he was stealing to try to feed his family that would be good enough for me to acquit. “Everyone for themselves” indeed.
“If I am on the jury and the defendant says he shot a white dude because he was stealing to try to feed his family that would be good enough for me to acquit.”
So you endorse murder as long as the victim has the right skin color.
Thank you for at least having the honesty to openly admit to being a bigot to a degree that would make a Klansman proud.
Don’t kid yourself. Republicans are already murdering the poor people by trying to take away the healthcare. Doesn’t matter what tools you use to murder. So get off your high horse. We already think of you as murderers. Like I said no idea why you think people should act civilized when you do not want to the tax for civilization.
And while Republicans can pretend it’s about party politics all they want everyone knows it is mostly white males pulling this shit. Don’t pretend you are civilized. Paul Ryan’s talking points, policy punditry all boils down scumbaggery. Pay as little tax as possible and ask others to remain civilized. Like the plantation owners using bible to tell the blacks how it was god’s will that blacks serve whites.
White Republican male scum.
Bernie Sanders is all about plans like the Green New Deal and he is an older white male, right?
Kyle,
Never let facts get in the way of a good liberal racist rant by debit – don’t worry, he’ll get a pass for being a bigot, after all, he’s apparently not a white republican capitalist.
“A radical new approach that creates jobs for millions, stimulates the economy, replaces or upgrades every single building in the United States, introduces high-speed rail travel in a way the world has never seen before and goes from consuming 25% of the world’s oil to becoming carbon-neutral is nothing but commendable.”
You are nuts. How much carbon would be produced from generating the building materials to replace or remodel every building in the US? That’s an awful lot of steel and rock coming out of quarries. Oh, wait, I see that the plan is to do this with unicorn farts.
Keep your mitts off of my house. I own it, it’s already pretty dammed efficient (and I am very conscious of my energy usage) and if I want it torn down or remodeled I’ll do it when I f—king please. You honestly have no problem with answering a knock at the door from the local commissariate, “Hello, we are near to discuss what we are going to do to your house”?
Commendable. Jeez.
#imupset
Perfect example of repeating a lie often enough…global warming. Funny how the mantra was “global cooling” when I was in school. Propaganda to fit a political purpose. I suggest this site steer clear of such politically charged issues lest it lose (up to half) of its traffic
We will closely monitor traffic in accordance with your guidance.
Laud the intentions? Nope. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the intention of this plan is not even good… it’s to implement communism, pure and simple. And yes, it would mean the end of air travel, for you and I at least. Why won’t you take them for their word? The elites will still get to fly of course. This is how communism always plays out.
Sorry, but she is the most dangerous, stupid, and naive woman ever to be in Congress. It’s a good thing this will never be anything but 2020 campaign fodder, as this “deal” completely unconstitutional.
This attitude overlooks the middle American persona. There are millions of people between the east and west and the vast majority are suspicious of air and train travel. They’ll drive 10 hours before they fly 1.
Of course, middle America doesn’t matter……. Oh, unless you like eating? No industry is more important than farming. They’ll loooove the idea of an electric John Deere tractors lolol disconnected brain dead coastal elite… can’t wait to move out of here.
‘Brain dead costal elite’ …. rightttt so all the new tech inventions and world changing ideas happen in Iowa?
You country bumpkins are so cute.
Btw only crying bitches say shit like “I can’t wait to get out of here” . The real ones just do it. You complaining like all the people you probably hate on handouts right? Who’s stopping you from making a change right. Oh you must be one of the ‘lazy ones’ lol. In trumps America you can do anything right so why you staying on the shitty coast. This is trumps America So get to winning cry baby.
I think Mattt is a law student in the Northeast, so I believe he is referring to completing his degree before relocating. But maybe you’re right, maybe he’s just lazy and afraid.
Why did he chose the northeast? Jus a bunch of terribl people right? Why chose a northeast education than?
Why not chose the unveriety of cow farts in the middle of the country he loves so much?
Why is he spending any dollars in an area he hates so much?
The Midwest is cheaper then New England and has better schools so explain why he hasn’t gone somewhere cheaper with its tremendously amazing education system and set of values
Explain ?
I couldn’t possibly interject with his decision to choose a university. I think, however, that it is possible to prefer a school or program and not the area for which it resides in.
Do you think the cirriculum for an economics degree at oral Roberts in Oklahoma has a different curriculum than that of an economics degree at say NYU or UCLA. I think so, probably having to do with the fact that a UNIVERSITY IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE PLACE ITS LOCATED.
To pause any stupid arguments after that know that anything other that is the exception not the rule.
An educated person such as yourself recognizes that your comment is shortsighted as you cherry pick the dataset to assume victory and pound your chest. The Writer’s Workshop (MFA) at Iowa is one of the best in the country if not the best program, Iowa State has one of the leading engineering schools in the world, Kansas has a top journalism school. Choosing to compare NYU or UCLA to Oral Roberts is an improper comparison no different than comparing Northwestern to Western Governors.
Is a university not a representation of the area in which it resides?
And AGAIN your missing it yourself as well. I am NOT comparing where the best degrees are found. I was simply stating that a universities governing ideals and principles are often based on those of the surrounding area and vis versa.
If you remember this started with me questioning why the OP was staying somewhere he didn’t like. Not comparing degrees. The point is if the best degree of my choice was in an area that my ideals didint agree with than I’d probably chose the next best university that did INSTEAD of complain about how “I can’t wait to leave”
Hopefully you understood.
I mean, if we don’t accomplish something similar to what the Green New Deal proposes, the future is one of underwater cities, decimating resource wars, fallow fields, mass starvation, and possibly much worse. So going “Lol it’s impractical” is kind of… horrid? That is, if the options are the implausible and the unthinkable, isn’t it incumbent upon a nation to rally to make the implausible a certainty, rather than writing pieces about how “aaaaactually that won’t work because of business travelers.”
Seriously? We’re condemning our kids to a hellscape and eventual extinction for… business travelers?
I agree (and state in my post) that it’s dangerous to just laugh at the impracticability of the Green New Deal and that the good intentions of the bill shouldn’t be ignored. But this is the problem with putting out plans that are completely improbable, the entire concept is thrown out the window because everyone knows it’s absurd.
Dont you think slaves voting was “completely improbable”
Dont you think the idea of making it to the moon within 50 years of setting out to do it was improbable?
And who is everyone? Old people. Yeah old people stick with consensus but if you don’t realize without improbable changes we wouldn’t even be here then idk what to tell you. Did you think TEN years ago you could make an income writing to strangers online?
Shit changes quickly when minds are put to it. Did everyone forget back in the day it was a space race. Did we forget that spaceships and space travel have been privatized and in doing so made leaps and bounds. I’m positive if we actually decided to research further we could come up with cleaner technology. There was a 14 year old kid who already built a small scale green nuclear reactor that could power a neighborhood. That was 5 years ago and you wanna tell me if we didn’t take the problem seriously and put funding into it we couldn’t find solutuons? Sounds nieve.
Are you sure you read the post? I specifically cite the ambitions of Elon Musk and SpaceX with his (often thought) untenable goals and unrealistic timetables that somehow still produces results previously thought unimaginable. I don’t doubt that some of these goals could be achieved in a ten-year span. What I am suggesting is that not all of them could be achieved simultaneously, how do you replace all combustion engines in the US while rebuilding every building in the country, giving free education, healthcare, and financial security to those unwilling to work?
It’s not that the document isn’t well-intentioned (I mention that several times) but rather achieving them all in the timetable proposed concurrently is grossly absurd. The easiest example for this group would be evidenced in air travel.
I am man enough to agree that I did misread this point in your article. Or perhaps it was misstated. Perception is a funny thing. But I digress, you are right and agree doing it concurrently is absolutely impossible.
I appreciate that and am glad we are aligned that the principles are great but the execution is impossible.
I had no idea the readers of this blog was so fearful and partisan (rightward ho!).
“Take one round-trip flight between New York and California, and you’ve generated about 20 percent of the greenhouse gases that your car emits over an entire year. If you are like many people, flying may be a large portion of your carbon footprint. Over all, the aviation industry accounts for 11 percent of all transportation-related emissions in the United States.” New York Times. I sought a countervailing view from the paper of choice of this blog’s readers, Pravda, but came up empty. If you have a young adult child and a young grandchild and you don’t recognize climate change is here, and it’s changing the world now, and the world’s future, let me just remind you that the world is not flat and cigarettes are not good for you.
Do you think it helps or hurts the cause by having unrealistic execution goals?
The precise means by which to achieve the goals are a white board. The notion of creating a committee to find sensible ways to achieve the goals of eliminating all carbon emissions by 2030 is a goal I 100% support. The devil, as always, will be in the details. There will be some unfortunate consequences to those who work in emission emitting plants but there is no alternative and the status quo will literally kill the planet so what alternative do we have. And as Kyle Stewart says: I’m currently listening to an audiobook about Musk and he is famous for setting completely unrealistic targets and missing them but in the process finishing faster and cheaper than by factors of ten or more than his peers.
I have a hard time not laughing at people who throw around the phrase “will literally kill the planet”. As if it is some single living organism that is capable of dying.
Many life forms on the planet may be effected by climate change, but rest assured the planet itself is not dying and going nowhere anytime soon.
Nice thought provoking post. I think people should stop using improper language to passionately drive home a dissenting point of view. Your argument loses value as a result. I believe it is good strategy to throw out extreme positions in the current state of our politics when the real goal is to end up achieving something more mainstream. I don’t think the Congress woman is out of touch at all. On the contrary, I think she is very strategic.
She is proposing the nationalization of the healthcare, energy, utility, and telecommunications industries, Not too mention breaking up the big banks. Good luck with the government taking over a 1/2 of the entire economy.
Also, she is for eliminating all student loan debt, and stopping all evictions and foreclosures. Meaning that taxpayers will be on the hook for those as well. Those politicians supporting this agenda now will be running away from it as fast as they by next November.
All of these at the same time plus the infrastructure build out – all executed by union labor. In ten years.
Do you suppose Pelosi will demand her own high speed train to her California like she made a case (albeit weak) for her own 757 as she did last time around? Limousine liberals and their under informed electors!
She’ll be 88 in ten years so she probably won’t know her ass from third base by then….as if she does now.
Cool Running is a great movie. Who doesn’t like John Candy?
I forget, isn’t there a 757 that a very fat, very old, orange guy has which is plastered w/his name in all capital letters that he’s been using to fly to Russia and Germany to cut deals and borrow money? Wonder how many emissions are created by that guy or is kids going to Deutsch Bank or Moscow for cash to bail out another of his operations that are on the cusp of bankruptcy? And speaking of not knowing their ass from a hole in the ground, let’s talk about the birther and climate change denier in chief. Aw, let’s not. There is no doubt climate change is happening even if there are those who deny the obvious. AOC is right. We as a nation have to address climate change and the sooner the better.
Can’t even go to a travel blog without having left-wing propaganda anymore. Damn.
Hello fellow Kyle. It’s funny that you feel this is left-wing propaganda because other commenters feel it is blind right-wing nonsense. I guess I am doing a decent job of showing both sides?
Then don’t click on it
We are a special interest group. We do mileage runs. We take flights. We are the bad guy’s in AOC’s eyes. It would be just to tax us 70% of our miles, which would be transferred to a government account so they can offer trips to the poor. After all, we can afford it.
So because we have a hobby we’re a “special interest group” I literally have to call you fucking retarded cause there are no other words. I guess people that like to bowl and garden are special interest groups to that should be afraid. Everyone has their own personal interests that I’m sure a group of other people have. Jesus Christ, are you a rock? Everyone flies dumbass wether you like it or not, that doesn’t make everyone in a plane a special interest group. Its funny. Your so dumb you probably won’t realize it.
Why even reference this thing?
Why don’t all of her supporters take her to Venezuela and live happily ever after?
Whew, lucky people such as AOC lead by example and never travel by dirty planes, themselves. Oh wait…..
Of course there should be a carbon tax; it should include flying and the consumption of red meat, as well as other things. 10% might be a good start and would provide greater funding for investment in renewables .
It’s a great pity that the usual suspects , the heads in the sand brigade, loony republicans can never see a way to invest in the future of the planet
Good to know all about the Green New Deal Kyle. Thanks for posting!
It’s so funny that we are even talking about climate change and global warming when we had the most snow in the United States in decades in 2019. And don’t get me started about Geo Engineering backed by Leftist billionaires who can create storms, rain and yes snow anywhere on the planet and change the temperature aka Bill Gates. Ex Senator Harry Reid ran the same platform and got billions of dollars for his green bill and guess what happened Solyndra, Abound Solar and Nevada Geothermal Power all went bankrupt and cost taxpayers billions of dollars but made politicians very, very wealthy. Cut the crap. Snakes on the plane. We need Super Troopers to sniff out all the weed everyone has been approving and smoking!
I remember the story about the beginning of FedEx…. The company started from a term paper in 1965. … The author was serious but the professor was doubtful…. JFK said lets go to the moon…… and back in ten years…. Shit, he had no plan…. NASA called in the engineers and with a bit of luck they made it….
I’m amazed by the number of Naysayers on this article…. (72 when I started writing)
This country needs a lot of change and here is a brain anomaly spilling her guts out with new ideas and people are kicking her to the side of the road because she may have stolen a few tips or possibly skipped all her classes at Boston University…. thus she is unworthy…. Man, if I were able I would scoop up her patents and run with them…. I may even change my party and vote for the Occasional Cortex next time…
I mention that her intentions are good, her heart is in the right place but she does more damage than good by being completely unrealistic. If I said that Iowa is 25% powered by wind and in the next decade they want to get to 75% it might be aggressive but achievable. But to say that you’d get it to 100% and offer free healthcare, education, high paying jobs for all – now all of your plans appear unrealistic and discredited.