This version of the AWED Newsletter is dedicated to a single topic: the proposed US Green New Deal (GND). The next issue will revert to our normal format about general Energy and Global Warming reports.
One reason the GND was chosen to be focused on here, is that it is a superior indication of how politicized scientific and economic matters have become.
The GND is also a relatively rare major blunder by the Progressive Left. There are at least two significant reasons why it is an enormous political mistake:
1- the GND is technically impossible (e.g., here) — so such a proposal reveals that the Left has a profound disconnect from reality, and
2- the GND would bankrupt the US — so this scheme exposes the Left’s true anti-American agenda.
It’s fascinating to see how many Progressive groups and much of the media are desperately trying to reframe this PR disaster. Rather than acknowledge the truth of the GND’s absurdity, their current most popular ploy is to characterize the GND as “aspirational.” Well, yes, the Left does have a lofty goal, and they have now let slip what it really is: to destroy America as we know it.
If that wasn’t enough to wake up inattentive citizens, considering point #1 above, how credible are the goals of those who are technically incompetent???
One more fact to mull over: who else is trying to undermine America? Yes, the Communist regimes of Russia and China. It took them a long time, but the Mueller probe into collusion with our enemies may finally be pointed in a legitimate direction. The GND could have (and may have) been written by the Russians and Chinese.
Below is a sampling of reports and commentaries on the GND (both pro and con). I was privileged to see a draft version of one of the most detailed GND analyses yet, being done by Dr. Ben Zycher (AEI). Unfortunately this careful study was not ready for release at the time we went to press. I’ll pass it on ASAP.
Some of the more important articles in this GND Overview are:
Flaws with the Green New Deal: Part 1 & Part 2
The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism
George Will: Reality continues to leak from American life
Prominent environmentalist Shellenberger: GND is Climate Fakery
The Green New Deal Is Communist Manifesto, 21st Century
The Green New Deal Will Only Give the State Mob-Like Power
The Enduring Myth of FDR and the New Deal
The Green New Deal Will Take Us Back to Medieval Times
The GND Accidentally Exposes the Left’s Big Lie
Alex Epstein Radio Discussion: The GND is Insane
Socialist “Green New Deal” Laughably Ridiculous
Economist: Green New Deal’s Elimination of Fossil Fuels is ‘Delusion’
AOC’s ‘Green New Deal’ Is About Socialism, Not Global Warming
The 10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal
“Green New Deal” Is Neither New, Nor A Deal — It’s A Fraud
The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism
Millennials Are Clueless About Communism. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
Green New Deal: The Devil Is in the Details
Green New Deal: Looks Like A Dem Parody Bill
The Green New Deal is a Prescription for Poverty
Full Feinstein GND Video (dealing with radicalized children)
Miscellaneous Energy News — Green Manifesto (Support):
GND Original Fact Sheet and FAQ (from AOC website)
626 Groups Send Congress a Letter Supporting the GND
Liberals push for a Green New Deal as the way forward on climate change
Greens begin push for nationwide 100% renewable energy mandate
Ocasio-Cortez suggests 70% tax for wealthy to fund climate change plan
The Spin for the Green New Deal
Bill McKibben: Ocasio-Cortez’s climate genius stroke
Making the Green New Deal More Inclusive
Lots of People Support the GND — so What Is It?
Full Feinstein GND Video (dealing with radicalized children)
Miscellaneous Energy News — Green Manifesto (Oppose):
Flaws with the Green New Deal: Part 1 & Part 2
The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism
George Will: Reality continues to leak from American life
Prominent environmentalist Shellenberger: GND is Climate Fakery
The Green New Deal Is Communist Manifesto, 21st Century
The Green New Deal Will Only Give the State Mob-Like Power
The Enduring Myth of FDR and the New Deal
The Green New Deal Will Take Us Back to Medieval Times
The GND Accidentally Exposes the Left’s Big Lie
Alex Epstein Radio Discussion: The GND is Insane
Socialist “Green New Deal” Laughably Ridiculous
Economist: Green New Deal’s Elimination of Fossil Fuels is ‘Delusion’
AOC’s ‘Green New Deal’ Is About Socialism, Not Global Warming
The Green New Deal is All Pain and No Gain
The Green New Deal’s Disastrous First Week
The Green New Dealers want 100 trillion dollars!
Green New Deal: It’s The Dr. Oz Of Environmental Policy
Laborers’ International Union Savages the Green New Deal
‘Green New Deal’ Will Turn America Into Venezuela
AOC Bungled the Green New Deal Release
AOC would make a great poster child for Russia
Partial Capital Costs of Green New Deal
Dems scream after Mitch McConnell schedules a vote on their own GND
Does the GND understate cost and land use for 100% renewables?
Gas Shortages Give New York an Early Taste of the Green New Deal
AOC says America should lead the world
AOC is Wrong: The World Won’t End in 2030
Stuart Varney: GND is Economic Nonsense
Who’s Behind the Green New Deal? Big Money Backs Socialist Dream Project
Short Video: Green New Deal: OMG!
Say ‘Green New Deal’ three times to a mirror, and who shows up? Al Gore!
The Green New Deal Failed on Cape Cod
The GND — A Grand Delusion and Inhumane Abstraction
The Perfect Response to the Stupendously Stupid Green New Deal
The Economic Fantasy World of Green New Deal Play Actors
Report: Partial Capital Costs of Green New Deal
The “tippy top” plan for a “Green New Deal’s” same-old misanthropy
Miscellaneous Energy News — Green Manifesto (prior posts):
“Green New Deal” Is Neither New, Nor A Deal — It’s A Fraud
The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism
Millennials Are Clueless About Communism. Here’s Why That’s a Problem
What the Green New Deal will do to our family
Irresponsible Political Rhetoric
Green Trappings for Garden Variety Socialism
Plan for a “Green New Deal’s” same-old misanthropy
The 10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is a leftist politician’s worst enemy
Green New Deal: The Devil Is in the Details
Green New Deal: Looks Like A Dem Parody Bill
The Green New Deal is a Prescription for Poverty
Green New Deal Would Be a Giant Leap on the Road to Serfdom
Saved by Pseudo-renewable Energy?
More Green New Deal Commentary
100% Renewable Energy Pledge Based on ‘Magical Thinking,’ Will Cost Millions of Jobs
Green New Deal Calls For ‘Repairing Historic Oppression’
Remarkable coming out for 600± anti-energy organizations
Greens want 2020 Democrats to go beyond vague ‘Green New Deal’ support
AOC = DNC (A race to the Left)
Big-Name 2020 Dems Support the ‘Green New Deal,’ but Big-Name Enviro Groups Don’t
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