The Green New Deal

Blog 7

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed a bill to the House of Representatives, to combat “climate change.” She wants this to be done by 2030 – 2050.

One part of the New Deal is the overhauling transportation systems in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector as much as is technologically feasible, including through investment in—

(i) zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing;

(ii) clean, affordable, and accessible public transit; and

(iii) high-speed rail;

This is is crazy stupid, this is an opinion but heres why this is idiotic to me. She wants zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing in 10-30 years. In the US, 276.1 million vehicles were registered and out of that 276.1 million, 760,000 cars were electric. That means .3% of all cars in the US were electric. So in 10 years the government expects the citizens to sell 99.7% of their cars for expensive electric cars. The US citizen can not afford to buy another car, 57% of adults have less than $1,000 in their name. The average electric car cost range from $26,000 – $60,000.

Cortez also wants to create a high-speed railroad system, throughout the US. She says this will take away the need for airlines. What about Hawaii or Alaska? Is she going to build a railroad through the Pacific Ocean to get to Hawaii, or build one through Canada? I don’t want to pay for that with my money!