The first attempt to turn Green New
Deal proposals into legislation would overhaul 1 million public housing
units to make them carbon neutral. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
and presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act that would use seven grant
programs to upgrade public housing to include organic grocery stores,
onsite childcare, and community gardens. Cost estimates vary depending
on an organization’s political affiliation, falling between $119 billion
and $172 billion over the next decade, according to left-leaning Data
for Progress and a more than $1.6 trillion estimate from right-leaning
American Action Forum (AAF). When the Green New Deal was first
introduced in February, the AAF estimated the average U.S. household
would see a $295 annual increase in electric bills to decarbonize the
economy. “Any plan that’s talking about very
expensive energy is probably going to be a nonstarter,” said former Rep.
Albert Wynn (D-Md.). “You have to make sure energy costs are affordable
to the average citizen or you end up having to subsidize the working
class so they can afford their electricity bills.” A September study from the Brattle
Group though, shows that decarbonizing the economy and reducing
electricity costs are anathema to each other. In order to eliminate carbon
emissions, the U.S. electricity sector will need to produce twice as
much electricity as it does now by 2050. In an article for CommonWealth Magazine,
Jürgen Weiss, an energy and industrial organization economist and a
principal at the Brattle Group, notes that New England has been adding
around 280 megawatts from renewable sources every year. But to reach the
2050 target, the region will need to around 6 gigawatts a year — a
2,400 percent increase every year. That’s hardly a realistic objective based on available technology. And then there’s the issue of how
solar panels or wind turbines are manufactured or installed, which Steve
Milloy, the founder of Junk Science, said is impossible without the
fossil fuels that Green New Deal advocates and others want to eliminate.
Additionally, the costs associated with decarbonization are
“astronomical.”...MORE
...and there will be a less filling, great tasting beer...
The DuBois New Deal...each bunkhouse will come with free ropes and fast horses.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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LOL!! You still have a great humor Frank!!
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