why it means nothing if the biggest contributor doesn't do anything.
Actually it does accomplish something. It puts us in a position of not having to do anything but convince the biggest competitor to follow suit. Our bargaining position would be weakened if we won't do it ourselves.
this is just alarmism and it means nothing there is no crisis.
Actually it is following the body of science. And if there
is a crisis and we take steps to limit destruction, then our descendants get to enjoy as much that the world has to offer as we currently do.
Actually it means far more to today's young (such as Greta) because they will experience the destruction first hand. If we do nothing, that would be in jeopardy. The wise choice is to err on the side of the worst case. After all, the worst thing that could happen is we move toward a whole bunch of new industry, learn new things, and create a bunch of new jobs and then find out decades later that we didn't have to do that after all. But if we assume the best case and do nothing, and then the destruction comes, then it becomes far more costly.
necessity is the mother of invention. So unless there needs to be new technology created there won't be. So the only way to make it need to happen is through government Force.
What force? No force is required. It's not like environmental regulations are enforced at government gunpoint.
What we lose is our independence our economy and our industry we've lost a lot of that already because of this it just moved to China where they don't care.
Independence gradually slips away as the world advances anyway. The USA is totally dependent on world trade and shipping containers of goods for our lifestyle.
Our economy would actually improve; because the act of taxing the super-rich more and redistributing that wealth into society in the form of government jobs and contracts for private industry jobs, creates consumer demand and thus secondary job creation. Any large government operation generates a booming local economy. Puerto Rico knows that. They went bust when we pulled our military bases outta there.
The Green New Deal is more of a job creator than a job destroyer. And they are better, safer jobs than fossil fuel jobs.
The opposite of this fear of hurting the economy is actually true.
It will cost more at this point to do nothing than it will to enact the Green New Deal.
How do you like your rising insurance rates? Insurance companies have to pay claims on all these natural disasters such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms, etc. When insurance companies have more claims, they raise rates. If you insure any property or an auto you may have noticed those rising rates. That is going to become far more pronounced if we have more disasters caused by climate change.
And what's to worry? The general public need not pay an extra dime of taxes. The super-rich are so rich that they can afford to fund all we need to do. And I'm sure the shrewd ones there will figure out how to make plenty of money on the GND. So no need to have a concern about protecting the billionaires. They will be just fine.
most likely not. The catastrophe was supposed to happen at least 12 times in my life you only get to cry wolf so many times before people stop believing you
That sounds like an exaggeration.