(02-07-2019 06:57 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(02-07-2019 05:13 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(02-07-2019 05:10 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Speaking of earnest, extreme, and stupid, here is the latest from a leading socialist:

Green new deal

"To that end, it calls for a massive 10-year infrastructure plan that the resolution likens to spending during World War II. It does not address how it would be paid for and Ocasio-Cortez, who has promoted an economic theory that downplays deficit concerns, has argued that offsetting the cost may be unnecessary."

So no paygo.

"It includes a call for the government to guarantee jobs for everyone, support labor unions, and enact universal health care and housing."

Come to think of it, a world war just might accomplish those goals...

Except the plan wants to make air travel obsolete, and it will be very hard (really impossible) to conduct a world war without air travel.

Having looked at the broad goals very cursorily, a lot of the fundamental goals are good - retrofitting existing structures, net 0 carbon emissions, reduction in air travel, etc. These goals will help reduce environmental impacts and are forward thinking and high reaching.

But this thing starts shooting itself in the foot with messaging by reaching so far over the boundary of reality, and the air travel thing is a perfect example. You could have the goal of significantly reducing REGIONAL air travel through a high speed train network (perfect example is all of the travel between Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio), but no way in heck are we going to stop air travel over long distances, like LA to NYC.