Dealing with GND pushback

You knew it was going to happen. Sooner or later conservative voices would begin a drumbeat of “It won’t work,” and “It’s too expensive” which is about all you need today to frighten people into doing nothing. We’re talking about the Green New Deal, of course. And so it begins, here’s a sample.

An Arizona congressman said the proposed Green New Deal isn’t really about energy.

“The Green New Deal is a prospect. There’s only 15 percent that’s energy related,” said Paul Gosar (R-AZ), member of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources and the chairperson of the Congressional Western Caucus.

“It is fundamentally a manifesto of socialism moving forward.”

Who knew communists were doing all this? I thought they just messed up elections.

But there’s more on the plus side for instance town hall meetings are springing up across the country.

Dedham [Massachusetts] to host Green New Deal Town Hall

Illinois Paving Way for State’s ‘Green New Deal’

South Floridians Discuss Green New Deal, Climate Change At Hollywood Town Hall

So if you’re at all interested in climate change and saving what we have that makes this planet habitable, try not to feed ammo to the opposition. They ought to have to work harder. One way to contribute is to show up at the town halls, they’re part of a grass roots effort to effect change. But if you get involved and if you go to these things, please…