Environmental whackos

Congress woman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal reads like a Saturday Night Live parody of an environmentalist’s wish list. Its pie-in-the-sky goals range from impractical to the physically impossible.

The plan calls for retrofitting “all buildings” in the US with state-of-the-art technologies such as energy-efficient windows.

With roughly 100 million buildings we’d need to replace 5 billion windows.

Assuming 2 workers can replace 2 windows an hour working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year for a decade, we’d need 240,000 just to install them plus HVAC systems, solar roofs, and other green gadgets.

Then there’s the equally ludicrous goal of replacing fuel-burning jetliners with high-speed trains. California has spent the past decade trying to construct a single high-speed rail line. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s dramatically scaling back the project, which is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.

Amtrak will unveil next-generation trains that can travel 160 mph. If these trains made no stops and traveled in a straight line at max speed, it would take 15 hours to get from Los Angeles to New York City.

Even the most overly optimistic analysis from scientists conclude that the US wouldn’t be able to shift to 100% renewable energy before 2055.

21 leading climate researchers warned that projections contained errors, unreasonable assumptions, and relied heavily on technology that hasn’t proven effective.

Wind farms and solar plants only generate electricity on windy, sunny days. Storing that much renewable energy isn’t possible.

Drew Johnson, the National Center for Public Policy Research.