AOC’s Green New Deal: An Idea From Outer Space
THE ISSUE: A far-reaching proposal backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to address global warming.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has detailed her plan for a Green New Deal for America (“In Your Green Dreams, Alex,” Feb. 8).
Its aims to include making air travel obsolete, upgrading or replacing every building in America to ensure energy efficiency and giving economic security even to those “unwilling” to work.
To seriously respond to this absurd “Green” proposal is an embarrassment. Sometimes the only appropriate response is the obvious one: She’s an idiot. Jack Kaufman Long Beach, Calif.
If Ocasio-Cortez really wants to ban airplanes, I have a proposal: She and all like-minded members of Congress shouldn’t be allowed to fly and must rely on alternative transportation so we can get a good idea of how well their plan will work for the rest of the country.
This also fits in with my belief that Congress should never be exempt from anything it proposes as laws for others. Barry Levy Hawthorne, Calif.
When Ocasio-Cortez tells us we need to go socialist because this time it will actually work and it will also save the planet, too, remember that this is a 29-year-old who hasn’t yet accomplished a single thing as a member of Congress and can’t get basic facts straight. Gary Mottola Brooklyn
I truly believe Ocasio-Cortez goes to bed wearing a tinfoil hat.
These visions of grandeur have to be transmitted to her from a Galaxy Far, Far Away. The cows emit too much flatulence, therefore from this day on no more onion rings or stuffed mushrooms for cows.
If these ideas don’t come from outer space, then she must be smoking something. Tom Stagg Brooklyn
Comrade AOC and her groupthink minions are touting some pipe dream called the “Green New Deal.” They want to replace fossil-fuel energy with solar and wind power.
As usual, they throw out demands, but are short on substance as to how to accomplish them. Remember, AOC is the genius who said the world will end in 12 years if all energy is not renewable.
A political rock star? Let her try to get all “three branches of Congress,” as she put it, to support her. Walter Goldeski East Brunswick, NJ
Ocasio-Cortez proposes limiting cow farts, closing nuclear plants and helping the workaverse.
All three problems these proposals seek to address could be solved by simply removing the nuclear piles from plants, then bringing in herds of cattle.
The bovine emissions could then be captured, combusted and used to power those huge turbines. As a bonus, the cows could provide free dairy for those unwilling to work for it.
A win-win-win for AOC in Wonderland! Pete McArdle Yorktown Heights
AOC’s hallucinations are similar to the ones we had back in the 1960s. It’s like living in the Octopus’ Garden, Frank Asprea Brooklyn
It’s been mind-boggling to process the fact that the annoyingly blabby bartender who until recently poured beers at a Union Square watering hole is now the voice of the Democratic Party.
Ocasio-Cortez’s complete lack of experience and rational thinking should surprise no one, Michael Maurer Long Branch, NJ
Does Ocasio-Cortez really believe we can eliminate air travel and stop a bovine from eliminating intestinal gas? Michael DeRose Lavallette, NJ