The Green New Democrat

Vincent J. Curtis

16 May 2019


U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed a “Green New Deal” for the United States as a way of saving the world from destruction by climate change.  Part of the policy involves the abolition of fossil fuels.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is now proposing something similar -  the Green New Democrat.  It is getting harder and harder to tell AOC and Singh apart – politically.


Neither of these science-economic geniuses have addressed the problem of how, after they’ve abolished fossil fuels, they going to feed all the people they’re trying to save.  The agricultural equipment that makes farming so efficient run on fossil fuels.  All this food is transported to markets in the heart of major cities by long- and short-haul trucks, which run on fossil fuel.  How is Singh going to commute between Burnaby, BC, and Ottawa in any reasonable period of time except by fossil fueled transportation?

And if Singh only wants to ban the production of Alberta’s major export, Premier Jason Kenny is ready to turn off the pipeline to BC right now.

As a science grad from Waterloo, this old fossil finds it endlessly amusing to watch Arts majors propose absolute, dogmatic answers based upon their superior grasp of science and technology.
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