Yeah, the plan is as stupid as you’d expect
House Democrats climate plan would end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable energy such as wind and solar power and addressing environmental contamination that disproportionately harms low-income and minority communities.
The election-year plan backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders is less ambitious than a sweeping Green New Deal that a group of progressive Democrats outlined last year to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy.
The Green New Deal, championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., calls for dramatic steps to virtually eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 with a goal of meeting “100% of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources,†including nuclear power.
The new plan, put forth Tuesday in a 538-page report, offers similar goals but at a slower pace. It sets a range of targets, including a 45% reduction by 2030 of greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming.
But, will they even vote on it? They haven’t on the Green New Deal. Again, Mitch McConnell should put it up for a vote in the Senate, see the Democrats squirm.
The plan also would require that by 2035 new cars emit no greenhouse gases, while heavy-duty trucks would eliminate those emissions by 2040. The plan would eliminate overall emissions from the power sector by 2040 and all but eliminate greenhouse emissions from all economic sectors by 2050.
So, by 2035 most citizens will not be able to afford a vehicle. What are families supposed to do regarding minivans and mid-size SUVs?
While likely to win approval in the Democratic-controlled House, the plan faces insurmountable opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate. Democrats are hoping to make inaction on climate change by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration a key campaign issue in November’s election.
Keep an eye on it, see if they even bring it up to vote in the House. Just a few points, it gets the federal government heavily involved in your home condition, in building new homes, in your energy use and restricting your usage. It gets Los Federales heavily involved in telecommunications, because they’ve failed on Net Neutrality. It will kill off lots of pipelines. It gets the federal government even more involved in private sector business decisions, in your healthcare decisions, more involved in running municipalities. It takes over more state owned land and puts the government in charge of all waterways (after Obama’s Waters of the US rule was killed off). It makes the military all about ‘climate change’. You can see it all here.
I triple dog dare them to vote on it.
The republicans should try to amend it to add 1000 Nuclear Power plants by 2030 and watch the Demonrats heads Explode
Actually Sabre22, that would pretty much end the “go green” problem. Which is why they won’t do it.