Sierra Club Applauds Markey And Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Resolutions

The Sierra Club endorsed these Green New Deal resolutions and is mobilizing its more than 3.5 million members and supporters to encourage broad congressional backing for the resolutions.

Today’s resolutions outline 14 Green New Deal projects, including proposals to “repair and upgrade U.S. infrastructure,” retrofit buildings, “build resiliency against climate change-related disasters,” “meet 100 percent of our power demand through clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources,” restore our ecosystems, and “spur massive growth in clean U.S. manufacturing.” The resolutions make clear that specific policies to implement these projects must be developed via an inclusive process, “led by frontline and vulnerable communities and workers.”

Full release at the following weblink:

https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2019/02/sierra-club-appla...

Bangor Daily News - Democrats seek Green New Deal to address climate change

A joint resolution drafted by Ocasio-Cortez and Markey sets a goal to meet “100 percent of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources,” including dramatic increases in wind and solar power.

The full article is at the following weblink:

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/02/07/national-politics/democrats-...

Portland Press Herald -Democrats push Green New Deal to address climate change, create jobs

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/07/democrats-push-green-new-dea...

Here Are The Most Shocking Proposals From Ocasio-Cortez' "Green New Deal"

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-07/here-are-most-shocking-pr...

It Had to Be Said–> Ben Stein on Ocasio-Cortez: “She Doesn’t Know her Ass From Her Elbow” (VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=eQpp-Cn_BtE

‘Green New Deal’ is a Republican Parody of the Democratic Platform

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/07/pollak-green-new-deal...

Green New Deal could break parts of the US power system

The millennial architects of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal appear to be drawing inspiration from the old mantra of their generation's most iconic company: "Move fast and break things."

The full article is at the following weblink:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/05/green-new-deal-could-break-parts-of...

February 7, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez releases outline for 'Green New Deal'

Ocasio-Cortez is not a climate scientist. She has a kindergartner's understanding of the economy. Shouldn't that disqualify her from proposing to spend tens of trillions of dollars that has the potential to not only destroy the US economy, but the economy of the entire planet?

The full article is at the following weblink:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/ocasiocortez_releases_...

Delingpole: No ‘Climate Change’ in SOTU; Leftists Apoplectic

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/06/delingpole-no-climate...

Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40 percent

https://www.apnews.com/04029bd1e0a94cd59ff9540a398c12d1

2018 Wind Power: “Dropping the fossil fuels of yesteryear”… Only in Unicorn fantasy-land.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/02/06/2018-wind-power-dropping-the...

Trump Eyes Action to Limit States' Powers to Block Pipelines

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/trump-eyes-actio...

Al Gore Hammers Trump For Not Mentioning Green Energy ‘Revolution’ In SOTU

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/al-gore-green-energy-sotu/

The President DID Talk About Climate Change

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/02/06/the-president-did-tal...

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Comment by Willem Post on February 9, 2019 at 3:46pm

The AOC Green New Deal would also get rid of combustion engines, “build charging stations everywhere,” “upgrade or replace every building in U.S.,” do the same with all “infrastructure,” and crisscross the nation with “high-speed rail.”

Buried in the details, the Green New Deal also promises government control of the most fundamental aspects of private life.

THE DEAL doesn’t call for “banning fossil fuels”, or for “zero” emissions across the entire economy—at least at first. It’s because “we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast”

This is an acknowledgment that planes don’t run on anything but fossil fuel. No jet fuel, no trips to see granny. It’s also an acknowledgment that livestock produce methane, which has led climate alarmists to engage in “meatless Mondays.”

THE DEAL may not prove able to eradicate “fully” every family Christmas or strip of bacon in a decade, but that’s the goal.

Finally, THE DEAL is Democratic math at its best.

It leaves out a price tag, and is equally vague on what kind of taxes would be needed to cover the cost.

But it would run to tens of TRILLIONS of dollars.

THE DEAL asserts the cost shouldn’t worry anyone, since the Federal Reserve can just “extend credit” to these projects! CREATE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR?

And “new PUBLIC banks can be created to extend credit,” too!

And Americans will get lots of “shared prosperity” from their “investments.” À la Solyndra, the multi-billion dollar Obama fiasco in the Southwest.

At least some Democrats seem to be aware of what a danger this is, which is why Ms. Pelosi threw some cold water on the Green New Deal this week.

DEMs should be scared.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is a high-speed, ill-conceived freight train gaining speed by the day—and helping Republicans with every passing minute.

WHAT A GODSEND

Comment by Willem Post on February 9, 2019 at 3:46pm

Each TWh of storage costs $400 billion, at $400/kWh delivered as AC to the grid.
The US would needs hundreds of TWh of storage.

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/economics-of-tesla-powe...

Comment by Willem Post on February 9, 2019 at 3:45pm

For Republicans, what’s not to love?

AOC has set off a fratricidal war on the left, with her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, this week slamming the “radical conservatives” among the Democrats holding the party “hostage.”

She’s made friends with Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, who has been accused of anti-Semitism.

She’s called the American system of wealth creation “immoral” and believes government has a duty to provide “economic security” to people who are “unwilling to work.”

As a representative of New York, she’s making California look sensible.

On Thursday Ms. Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her vaunted Green New Deal, complete with the details of how Democrats plan to reach climate nirvana in a mere 10 years.

It came in the form of a resolution, sponsored in the Senate by Massachusetts’ Edward Markey, on which AOC is determined to force a full House vote.

That means every Democrat in Washington will get to go on the record in favor of abolishing air travel, outlawing steaks, forcing all American homeowners to retrofit their houses, putting every miner, oil rigger, livestock rancher and gas-station attendant out of a job, and spending trillions and trillions more tax money.

Oh, also for government-run health care, which is somehow a prerequisite for a clean economy.

It’s a GOP dream, especially because the media presented her plan with a straight face—as a legitimate proposal from a legitimate leader in the Democratic Party.

Republicans are thrilled to treat it that way in the march to 2020, as their set-piece example of what Democrats would do to the economy and average Americans if given control.

The Green New Deal encapsulates everything Americans fear from government, all in one bonkers resolution.

It is for starters, a massive plan for the government to take over and micromanage people’s lives and much the economy.

Take the central plank, its diktat of producing 100% of U.S. electricity “through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources” by 2030.

As Ron Bailey at Reason has noted, a 2015 plan from Jacobson professor at Stanford University (whose studies have been soundly refuted by MIT, etc.) is envisioning the goal called for the installation of

154,000 offshore wind turbines, each 9.5 MW, about 750 ft tall,
335,000 onshore wind turbines, each 3 – 4 MW, about 500 ft tall
75 million residential photovoltaic (solar) systems; NO DUCK CURVE WITH ALL THAT SOLAR AT NOON?
2.75 million commercial solar systems, and
46,000 utility-scale solar facilities.

WITH ALL THAT WIND AND SOLAR THERE WILL BE NEED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED TWH of STORAGE IN CASE OF TOO LITTLE WIND AND NO SUN< SUCH AS AT NIGHT

AOC has been clear it will be GOVERNMENT building (and owning and operating?) all this, not the private sector. MAY GOD HELP US ALL.

WHAT A WAY TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE WORLD

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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