Ernest Moniz, former energy secretary for President Barack Obama, weighted in on the newly introduced Green New Deal during a Friday interview with NPR, calling the plan "impractical."
"All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro asked Moniz if the Green New Deal's goal of eliminating the U.S. carbon footprint in 10 years is attainable.
Moniz said a version of the Green New Deal, one that pursues "very low carbon and social equity," is "exactly what we have to do," but he said the plan introduced by Democrats this week is "just impractical."
"Now, when we come to the Green New Deal, I'm afraid I just cannot see how we could possibly go to zero carbon in the 10-year time frame. It's just impractical," he said.
Self-described democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) released an outline of the Green New Deal on Thursday. The 14-page documentoutlines numerous goals like providing every resident of the United States with a federal job that includes paid vacation and retirement benefits, "adequate housing," "healthy food," and "access to nature." The plan would also aim to achieve "net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers."
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4 comments:
oh yes sounds real sweet. heard this before and from what i figure it wont work out for the better of us all.
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Hmmmm....kinda reminds me of "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"...where have we heard that..oh yeah! Karl Marx.
Was that the same energy secretary of Obammy that openly wanted $8 a gallon gas?
Why do we entertain this woman? Obviously she has lost her mind.
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