:<center>''This is the Original Version [[2020 presidential election|2020 Democrat]] Presidential candidates ]] [[Amy Klobuchar]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], [[Kamala Harris]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Bernie Sanders]], [[Tulsi Gabbard]], [[Jay Inslee]], [[Julian Castro]] and [[Jeff MerkeleyMerkley]] committed to on February 7, 2019.''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070806/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf</ref></center>
LAUNCH: Thursday, February 7, at 8:30 AM.
'''Overview'''
*We will begin work immediately on Green New Deal bills to put the nuts and bolts on the plan described in this resolution (important to say so someone else can’t claim this mantle).
*This is a massive transformation of our society with clear goals and a timeline.
:*The [[Green New Deal ]] resolution a 10-year plan to mobilize every aspect of American society at a scale not seen since World War 2 to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and create economic prosperity for all. It will:
::*Move America to 100% clean and renewable energy
::*Create millions of family supporting-wage, union jobsEnsure a just transition for all communities and workers to ensure economic security for people and communities that have historically relied on fossil fuel industries
:::*Clean air and water and access to natureHealthy food
:::*High-quality health careSafe, affordable, adequate housing
:::*Economic environment free of monopolies Economic :::*Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work
*There is no time to waste.
:*IPCC Report said global emissions must be cut by by 40-60% by 2030. US is 20% of total emissions. We must get to 0 by 2030 and lead the world in a global Green New Deal.
*The Green New Deal has momentum.
:*92 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of Republicans support the Green New Deal
:*Nearly every major Democratic Presidential contender say they back the Green New deal including: Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Jeff MerkeleyMerkley, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jay Inslee.
:*45 House Reps and 330+ groups backed the original resolution for a select committee
:*Over 300 local and state politicians have called for a federal Green New Deal
'''Why do we need a sweeping Green New Deal investment program? Why can’t we just rely on regulations and taxes and the private sector to investalone such as a carbon tax or a ban on fossil fuels?'''
*The level of investment required is massive. Even if every billionaire and company came together and were willing to pour all the resources at their disposal into this investment, the aggregate value of the investments they could make would not be sufficient. *The speed of investment required will be massive. Even if all the billionaires and companies could make the investments required, they would not be able to pull together a coordinated response in the narrow window of time required to jump-start major new projects and major new economic sectors. Also, private companies are wary of making massive investments in unproven research and technologies; the government, however, has the time horizon to be able to patiently make investments in new tech and R&D, without necessarily having a commercial outcome or application in mind at the time the investment is made. Major examples of government investments in “new”tech that subsequently spurred a boom in the private section include [[DARPA]]-projects, the creation of the internet - and, perhaps most recently, the government’s investment in Tesla.
*Simply put, we don’t need to just stop doing some things we are doing (like using fossil fuels for energy needs); we also need to start doing new things (like overhauling whole industries or retrofitting all buildings to be energy efficient). Starting to do new things requires some upfront investment. In the same way that a company that is trying to change how it does business may need to make big upfront capital investments today in order to reap future benefits (for e.g., building a new factory to increase production or buying new hardware and software to totally modernize its IT system), a country that is trying to change how its economy works will need to make big investments today to jump-start and develop new projects and sectors to power the new economy.
*Merely incentivizing the private sector doesn’t work - e.g. the tax incentives and subsidies given to wind and solar projects have been a valuable spur to growth in the US renewables industry but, even with such investment-promotion subsidies, the present level of such projects is simply inadequate to transition to a fully greenhouse gas neutral economy as quickly as needed.
:*Ensure an economic environment free of monopolies and unfair competition
:*Provide high-quality health care, housing, economic security, and cleanair, clean water, healthy food, and nature to all
==Further reading==
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61/pg61.html ''The Communist Manifesto''], by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - The Gutenberg Project
*[http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf ''The Road to Serfdom''] - Reader's Digest condensed version
*[https://archive.org/details/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/page/n1 ''The Black Book of Communism''] - Internet Archive
*[https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/memorial/ Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation] - official website
==References==
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==External link==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ1gqIAKdgA Jordan Peterson discusses climate change]
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