Comments by "Zach B" (@zachb1706) on "The Green New Deal, explained" video.

  1. @Jakonate the green new deal is very socialist. “Guaranteed, high paying jobs for all”, “government funded healthcare”, “government housing for all”. I agree, it all sounds very sane.
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  2. @Jakonate sure it will, all socialism does.
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  3.  @jareddacosta5579  it isn’t socialism, but it does share some similarities. Essentially it’s taxing everyone who is successful to redistribute to the poor - it’s socialist.
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  4. Mububban23 we cut taxes on clean energy, raise taxes a bit on carbon energy and push other incentives for investors. Then as the energy gets cleaner, and electric cars get cheaper - emissions will take a big hit.
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  5.  @gabriellelu7843  well neither candidate is advocating to hinder further decline in CO2 emissions
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  6. It’s the energy of the future.
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  7. We didn’t have the technology “ages ago”
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  8. The us has been reducing it carbon footprint faster than any other nation, but we see other nations like china (who contribute more CO2 than any other country) continue to rise.
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  9. Simon Dahl it’s a bit unfair to compare per capita when Chiba has 4x the population. The point remains the same, China produces around 2x the CO2 of the us, and more than both the US and the entire EU combined - and while both the eu and the us have been reducing their footprint, Chiba is only accelerating. The industrial revolution happened 300 years ago. Yes China is starting to industrialise, but that doesn’t automatically excuse the CO2 they are creating. At the rate they are going, the entire world could stop CO2 emissions all together and still the world would not reach its climate target.
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  10. Simon Dahl tax cuts on all energy, but enforce a much higher carbon tax
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  11. Get people investing into renewables
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  12. Simon Dahl it’s my idea on how the us can continue to reduce its footprint without crippling the economy.
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  13. $60 -$93 trillion, depending on the estimates and what actually happens in the final bill
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  14. And what about people who work from pay check to pay check to pay off debts? Or people in third world countries?
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  15.  @alexanderishere6205  for third world countries
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  16. It’s political because it would cost over 93 trillion dollars in 10 years to accomplish this plan
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  17. George D the plan would phase out all petroleum cars, require our entire grid to be converted to clean energy, for every house to undergo energy efficiency upgrades, ect. It’s a ridiculous plan. Not that it matters, China used more CO2 than both the US and the EU combined. And while the us and the EU are reduce their footprint, China’s is only accelerating.
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  18. I mean when a large part of the would would be considered extreme poverty our standards, it’s a very reasonable reality.
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  19. We can blame China, they emit more CO2 than the US and Europe combined. And according to their pledge in the Paris Climate Agreement, they will continue to rise until 2030
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  20.  @gabriellelu7843  people are sitting around doing nothing? The us has been cutting down its CO2 emissions for the last 12 years - its currently at its lowest point since 1992.
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  21.  Howard Bueker  so we shouldn’t shame countries, even when they are terrible?
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