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My impression is that the GND is focused on jobs, social programs, and justice issues, which is great, just not environmentalism per se. It might be more effec
by rch 6y ago
My impression is that the GND is focused on jobs, social programs, and justice issues, which is great, just not environmentalism per se.
It might be more effective to expand E. O. Wilson's efforts on biodiversity to include energy policy than to try to have the GND encompass absolutely everything that's happening at the moment.
- wmf 6y agoWhen I looked at a semi-detailed analysis of one version of the GND, $14T was for the green part and $2T was for the new deal part. I think of it as a small bribe to get more politicians on board.
- rch 6y agoI'd be curious to see that. I was only reading the text.
- wmf 6y agoIt might have been https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629620301067 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221462962... which shows the line items.
- rch 6y agoI've seen that one, and it does the illustrate economics supporting a premise that leveraging "synergies between the goals of reducing CO2 emissions substantially and quickly and tackling income and wealth inequality" could be at least feasible. I'm not sure that it supports the cost ratio you quoted however.