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1 | id | character | text | yesText | yesEffects | yesBudget | noText | noEffects | noBudget | active | congress | tags | notes | |||||||||||||
2 | pma | energy | For a swift transition to renewables we need to create a new agency, a Power Marketing Administration. | Let's do it! | delay pma_solar soon,delay pma_wind soon,delay pma_geo short,delay public_utilities mid,delay pma_grid short,disable ban_fossils | -8 | Market solutions only | taxes+3 | early_game | |||||||||||||||||
3 | energy_subsidies | energy | Well, then could just increase subsidies for renewables. | Subsidize! | emissions-4,growth+5,workers+3,delay job_loss_coal mid,delay storage_research mid,delay job_transition_intro soon | -20 | No market distortions please | taxes+3 | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||
4 | pma_solar | energy | Let's invest in big solar power plants. We've got plenty of desert in the States. | Go sun! | emissions-4,environment+4,growth+2,workers+2,delay job_loss_coal mid,delay storage_research mid,delay job_transition_intro soon,delay pma_solar_problems soon,chain solar_farm | -20 | But what if it's cloudy? | FALSE | 3 | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/challenges-for-desert-solar-power/ | ||||||||||||||||
5 | solar_farm | rural | Farmers' got heaps of land. With a lil help we can grow energy alongside crops. | Take a subsidy | emissions-2,tradition+3,environment+2 | -8 | Focus on food | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | pma_solar_problems | energy | The desert solar plants have a little problem with... dust. We need to hire more cleaners. | Good, more jobs | workers+3 | -4 | Dust? I don't believe it | emissions+2 | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||
7 | pma_wind | energy | Turbines, turbines everywhere. The wind generation potential is nine times our energy demand. | Go with the wind! | emissions-5,environment+5,growth+3,delay job_loss_oil mid,delay storage_research mid,delay job_transition_intro soon,delay wind_birds soon | -30 | Wind is unreliable | FALSE | 3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_States#Wind_generation_potential | ||||||||||||||||
8 | wind_birds | environment | Wind turbines are literally killing all the birds. I read it on the Internet. | Fund bird sanctuaries! | -2 | That is propaganda | environment-2 | FALSE | https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/15/wind-turbines-kill-fewer-birds-than-cell-towers-cats/15683843/ | |||||||||||||||||
9 | pma_geo | energy | Geothermal energy. Less iconic and competitive than other renewables, still pretty clean. | Wowsers Geysers | emissions-2,environment+2,growth+1 | -8 | Gimme more iconic stuff | FALSE | https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2012/08/31/u-s-geothermal-energy-potential-is-heating-up/#gref http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/us-renewable-energy-factsheet | |||||||||||||||||
10 | public_utilities | union | The energy created with taxpayer money had better be sold to municipal and worker-owned utilities. | Power to the workers | workers+5,equality+2,growth-3 | Greed is a necessary evil | growth+3 | 5 | FALSE | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | ||||||||||||||||
11 | pma_grid | energy | Renewable energy sources are intermittent. We need to invest in energy storage. | Let's invest | -15 | What a scam | emissions+5 | FALSE | https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/9/20767886/renewable-energy-storage-cost-electricity | |||||||||||||||||
12 | storage_research | energy | Energy storage needs to be much cheaper in order to make renewables reliable. | Research & Develop | -4 | Unnecessary | emissions+3 | FALSE | https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/9/20767886/renewable-energy-storage-cost-electricity | |||||||||||||||||
13 | solar_roof | tech | Introducing: The Solar Roof. It looks like a normal roof but it produces energy! | Develop it! | environment+2,growth+2,delay solar_roof_fiasco mid | -5 | Too fancy | https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20932831/tesla-new-solar-glass-roof-elon-musk-version-three | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | solar_roof_fiasco | energy | So the Solar Roof idea turned out to be impractical but hey, people love the concept. | environment+2 | environment+2 | FALSE | https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/5-reasons-to-not-get-too-excited-about-teslas-new-solar-roof | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | smart_grid | energy | I hate smart gadgets but we need a smart grid to increase efficiency and adapt to renewables. | Very smart | emissions-2,growth+2,workers+2,delay charging_stations soon | -20 | Very expensive | emissions+5 | 3 | https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/smart_grid.html | ||||||||||||||||
16 | weatherization | energy | We can cut 30% of residential energy consuption by weatherizing all homes, can you believe it? | I want to believe | chain weatherization2,delay job_loss_frack mid,delay job_transition_intro short | -25 | No I can't | 3 | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
17 | weatherization2 | energy | Great! We will give away grants to retrofit leaky buildings. They will prioritize... | Older houses | emissions-6,environment+3 | Low income families | emissions-3,workers+2,rights+2 | FALSE | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
18 | charging_stations | lobby | You'd better include charging stations for electric vehicles in your smart grid overhaul. | It's on me | environment+2,growth+3 | -10 | You pay for it | growth-3 | FALSE | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | ||||||||||||||||
19 | ev_grants | lobby | Consumers won't buy those wimpy electric cars unless you give them substantial grants. | Sad but true | emissions-4,growth+3,workers+3,chain ev_union | -15 | Wealthy liberals will | emissions-2 | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
20 | ev_union | union | Buddy, the electric vehicles grants must be limited to cars made in the United States. | Bring back jobs | workers+4 | No protectionism | internationalism+2,growth+3 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | electric_buses | transportation | Our handsome buses run on diesel. They'd be much more attractive if they were electric. | Transition transits | environment+3,emissions-4 | -18 | Buses are not the problem | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | coal_close | environment | Honey, coal power plants are the WORST. Why do we even keep them alive? | Close them now! | emissions-5,workers-5,environment+5,growth-5,capitalStrike+1 | Slow phase out | emissions-1,workers-2,environment+2,growth-2 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | ban_fossils | environment | We TOTALLY need to keep fossil fuels in the ground: ban fracking, ban offshore drilling. | Ban and Ban | workers-5,growth-5,emissions-5,environment+5,delay job_loss_frack soon,delay job_loss_oil soon,disable job_transition_intro,delay oil_import soon,capitalStrike+1 | No, it has to be gradual | delay pma soon | This is the brutal way with side effects | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | oil_import | energy | Well, your sudden ban on fracking and drilling has skyrocketed crude oil imports. Back to square one. | We'll manage | emissions+4 | -4 | Ban oil imports! | growth-5,workers-5,internationalism-3,chain oil_crisis,capitalStrike+1 | -20 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||
25 | oil_crisis | fox | WELCOME TO THE SOVIET STATES OF AMERICA: RIOTS OVER GAS PRICES, RECESSION, STRIKES | workers-5,rights-5,growth-5 | -30 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | solar_residential1 | energy | Here's a plan: we increase subsidies for residential solar panels... | Approved | emissions-3,environment+3,chain solar_residential2 | -10 | Enough with subsidies | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | solar_residential2 | energy | ...then we allow people to sell the excess energy with smart meters... | Approved | equality+2,workers+3,growth-5,chain solar_residential3 | Bizantine | FALSE | https://solar-to-the-people.com/solar-net-metering-selling-excess-solar-power/ | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | solar_residential3 | union | ...and the solar panels are made in the USA. I don't care if the Chinese ones are cheaper. | Approved | workers+3 | I disapprove | internationalism+3,growth+3 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | carbon_sequastration | lobby | All that carbon in the air breaks my heart. You have incentivize carbon sequestration with tax credits. | Capture it | emissions-2,growth+3,taxes+3 | -6 | Not my revenues! | https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/10/insider-guiding-implementation-carbon-capture-tax-credits-responses-irs-request | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | geoengineering | tech | We are developing a series of visionary solutions to global warming. Do you want to hear our pitches? | I'm open to anything | chain geo1, delay geo2 short, delay geo3 mid | Not interested | https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-six-ideas-to-limit-global-warming-with-solar-geoengineering | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | geo1 | tech | Pitch: We cool the Earth by spraying aerosols into the stratosphere. Same as a couple of big volcanoes. | Sure why not? | emissions-3,environment-4,growth+3,chain geo1_jac,delay geo1_un short,delay geo1_precipitations mid | -3 | Insane | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | geo1_jac | jacobin | Geoengineering Can Buy Us Some Years But It Won't Fix Capitalism | FALSE | https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/by-any-means-necessary | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | geo1_un | un | Your stratospheric aerosol injection violates uhhh... every international treaty and convention? | My plan is foiled! | emissions+3 | Welcome to the anthropocene! | internationalism-5 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | geo1_precipitations | environment | WTF, precipitations patterns are changing. I think it's the stuff you put in the stratosphere. | Stop the aereosols | emissions+2 | We'll never know | FALSE | https://www.climatecentral.org/news/geoengineering-could-cut-global-rainfall-study-finds-16699 | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | geo2 | tech | Pitch: we spray saltwater into the clouds above the sea so they reflect more light. Coral reef saved. | Brighten the clouds | emissions-3,environment-5,growth+2,chain geo2_nyt,delay geo2_un soon | -8 | Too risky | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | geo2_nyt | nyt | Saving the Planet One Cloud at a Time. Geoengineering Makes Radical Change Obsolete. | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | geo2_un | un | Your artificial clouds are cute, but have you considered ACTUALLY reducing your emissions? | Fine, kill the clouds | emissions+3 | You are not the boss of me! | internationalism-3 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | geo3 | tech | Pitch: A giant mirror in space aka the final solution for Global Warming. Take that, Sun! | Launch the program | environment-5,growth+5,internationalism-5,delay geo3_mil short,delay geo3_followup mid | -40 | Too scary | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | geo3_mil | military | We are very interested in the space mirror program. We want to be involved. | SPACE! MIRROR! | security+3 | 5 | It's not a weapon! | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | geo3_followup | tech | Turns out the space mirror is technically unviable. But it has been an inspiring journey. | Indeed | You are fired! | fire tech | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | greenhouse_reg | environment | CO2 sucks but methane, like: mega sucks. Baby, let's regulate the hell out of greenhouse gas emitters. | Unleash the regulations | growth-5,environment+3,emissions-4,capitalStrike+1 | -3 | But the economy | growth+3 | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
42 | nuclear | lobby | Admit it: if you want to get rid of fossil fuels you have to compensate with nuclear. Subsidize now. | Fine | environment-4,growth+5,emissions-5,delay nuclear2 mid | -30 | Never | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | trash_incinerators | lobby | Here's a green solution: burn trash to make energy. Trash is the most renewable source. | I feel the burn | growth+4,environment+1 | -5 | Ewww | https://ilsr.org/waste-incineration-renewable-energy/ | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | nuclear2 | energy | Remember the new nuclear plants you sponsored? They are going overbudget. Classic nuclear. | Worth it | growth+2 | -20 | Stop the construction | emissions+5,environment+5,growth-5 | FALSE | https://www.google.com/search?q=nuclear+plants+overbudget&oq=nuclear+plants+overbudget&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.7598j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 | ||||||||||||||||
45 | job_transition_intro | job_transition | Your Green New Deal is killing legacy industries. Let's make sure workers aren't screwed over as usual. | I'm listening | delay job_transition4 soon,chain job_transition1,delay job_transition2 short,delay job_transition3 short,delay job_transition4 short,delay job_transition5 mid | I don't help polluters | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | job_transition1 | job_transition | For starters, give laid off fossil fuel workers five years of their former salary. | Fair | workers+5,disable job_loss_frack | -15 | That is a lot | FALSE | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
47 | job_transition2 | job_transition | Enough with vague retraining BS. If obsolete workers want to retrain, offer them free college education. | Done | workers+5,services+1,disable job_loss_oil | -10 | Not fair | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | job_transition3 | job_transition | Give legacy workers housing assistance. Some jobs just ain't coming back. Folks may have to move. | Housing for all | workers+4,rights+1 | -6 | No, get in line | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | job_transition4 | job_transition | Here's an easy one: fossil fuel workers get priority job placement in Green New Deal projects. | Easy | workers+3 | Unfair | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | job_transition5 | job_transition | Old miners ain't gonna learn to code. Offer them a generous early retirement. | They deserve it | workers+5,disable job_loss_coal | -10 | Their employers should | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | job_loss_frack | union | The fracking industry collapsed. Damn it, those were well paid jobs. | workers-5,growth-5 | -5 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | job_loss_oil | lobby | Your subsidied renewables made offshore oil drilling unprofitable. Here's some mass layoffs for you. | workers-5,growth-5 | -8 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | job_loss_coal | fox | THE WAR ON COAL IS REAL. THE GREEN NEW DEAL KEEPS DESTROYING JOBS. | workers-5,growth-3 | -5 | FALSE | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/daniel-turner-affordable-clean-energy-war-on-coal-trump-pelosi | |||||||||||||||||||
54 | learn2code | tech | There is a lot of buzz around a startup that can teach former miners to code. Blam! Instant middle class. | Teach them | workers+3,rights+1,delay nyt_miner soon | -5 | Too many programmers | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | nyt_miner | nyt | Profile: He Was A Coal Miner, He Learned to Code, But Tech Jobs Aren't Coming to Appalachia | FALSE | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/us/mined-minds-west-virginia-coding.html | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | plastic | environment | China stopped "recycling" our plastic. We need to develop sustainable plastic alternatives, like: yesterday. | Research fantastic plastic | environment+5 | -5 | No, keep "recycling" | https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/2/18290956/recycling-crisis-china-plastic-operation-national-sword | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | carbon_tax | treasury | A Carbon Tax is a beautiful way to make polluters pay and incentivize a transition. I love it. | I love it too | taxes-5,growth-5,environment+5,emissions-5,capitalStrike+1 | 30 | No, too technocratic | 4 | revenues | |||||||||||||||||
58 | oil_subsidies | environment | OMG we are still subsidizing oil exploration. Isn't it sooo twentieth century? | Stop the subsidies | growth-3,environment+3,emissions-3 | 5 | We still need oil | revenues | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | pollution_fines | environment | Why do bad guys ALWAYS get away with it? Raise the penalties for polluters and pipeline leaks NOW. | Raise the fines | growth-3,activate spill_fine | They have good lawyers | activate spill_no_fine | |||||||||||||||||||
60 | spill_fine | attorney | The pipeline spill was a disaster but we were able to hit them with serious fines. | environment+2 | 8 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | spill_no_fine | attorney | The pipeline spill was a disaster and the polluters got only a slap on their wrist. Weak regulations, sigh. | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | paris | environment | What if we re-joined the Paris Climate Agreement? It's not for real real, but it's a nice gesture. | Paris, we are back | environment+4,internationalism+4 | Humbug | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | public_transit | transportation | Make public transportation sexy! With a major investment we can fix and expand our sad infrastructure. | Invest | services+3,environment+3,emissions-3,disable car_sj | -25 | Car culture is our culture | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | uber | tech | The sharing economy, man... We can reduce car use by letting Uber do their thing. | Disrupt | growth+4,workers-2 | Regulate | workers+4,growth-2 | https://www.npr.org/2018/08/01/634506179/ride-hailing-services-add-to-traffic-congestion-study-says | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | high_speed | transportation | Let's go full Euro on trains. We nationalize the railways and build a regional high speed network. | Full Euro | emissions-5,growth+3,environment+4 | -35 | Too ambitious | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | bullet_trains | transportation | Picture bullet trains zooming across our Great Plains. Railroads created America, they can revive it now! | I can picture | emissions-4,growth+4,environment+5,workers+3 | -30 | Planes are better | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | highways | transportation | Our glorious highways are crumbling! We have to invest in roads, bridges, motorways! | Fix every pothole | emissions+4,growth+5,workers+4,environment-2 | -25 | But I hate cars! | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | decarbonize_industry | lobby | Decarbonizing industries is tragically unprofitable. We need a carrot. | Here's a carrot | emissions-4,environment+2 | -10 | I only have sticks for you | growth-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | pollution_fee | treasury | Let's put pressure on our trading partners: a fee on imported goods that we deem pollution-intensive. | I like that | emissions-3,environment+3,growth-3,internationalism-4 | 8 | Sounds protectionist | revenues | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | |||||||||||||||||
70 | victory_gardens | environment | I was reading about Victory Gardens and I was like: let's grow produce in the lawns of Suburbia! | Let's promote that | emissions-2,environment+2 | -5 | Lawns are untouchable | https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/ | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | superfund | environment | Ew there are so many superfund sites in this country. We HAVE to clean them up or I will literally DIE. | Clean them up! | environment+4,tradition+2 | -6 | They are sacrifice zones | |||||||||||||||||||
72 | clean_water | environment | Can you believe some cities still have lead in drinking water? I'll have a new Clean Water Act please. | Acting now | environment+2,workers+2,rights+3 | -8 | Overblown | |||||||||||||||||||
73 | take_back | environment | Manufacturers are making recycling SO painful. Hit them with a Take Back program and they'll behave. | Good idea | environment+3,growth-4,emissions-2 | They never will | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
74 | trees | environment | It sounds cheesy but planting trees TOTALLY helps the environment. So let's... | ...plant trees! | environment+4,emissions-3,workers+3 | -9 | ...not be cheesy | |||||||||||||||||||
75 | disaster_relief | environment | I'm SO depressed, no matter what we do, we'll have to deal with climate disasters. Maybe we can... | ...do something? | chain disaster_relief2 | ...despair? | delay disaster_unprepared mid | |||||||||||||||||||
76 | disaster_relief2 | environment | Increase funding for firefighters? Coastal resiliency? Hazard mitigation grants? | All of the above | environment+2,services+1,workers+2,delay disaster_prepared mid | -10 | It won't work | delay disaster_unprepared mid | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||
77 | disaster_prepared | nyt | Hurricane Wilhelmina Claims No Victims. A Tale of Preparadness. | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | disaster_unprepared | fox | HURRICANE WILHEMINA'S TOLL IN THE THOUSANDS. A PUNISHMENT FROM GOD? | workers-3,rights-3,security-3,environment-4,chain disaster_capitalism | -15 | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | disaster_capitalism | lobby | Wilhelmina was a terrible disaster but every crisis is an opportunity. Let the private sector handle this. | Thank you | rights-4,growth+4,equality-3 | Never | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
80 | national_parks | environment | National parks are basically the ONLY thing every American likes. Shall we bump their funding? | Bumping | tradition+1,growth+1,environment+1,workers+1,services+1 | -7 | Not necessary | |||||||||||||||||||
81 | divest1 | lobby | Many organizations are divesting from fossil fuels. You have stop this bullying! | I'll tweet about it | growth+1 | Actually, I'll join them | chain divest2 | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | divest2 | treasury | Let me see... we could divest federal pensions and pressure public universities to do the same. | Divest! | growth-4,environment+2,emissions-2,capitalStrike+1 | I was joking | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
83 | rural_intro | rural | Rural America has been neglected by the Democrats but there is a lot we can do there. Let me help ya. | Join the team | delay rural1 soon,chain rural2,delay rural3 short,delay rural4 short,delay rural5 mid,delay rural6 mid,delay rural7 mid | It's a lost cause | mid_game | https://berniesanders.com/issues/revitalizing-rural-america/ | ||||||||||||||||||
84 | rural1 | rural | Y'all gotta support organic farming. Make it real and cheap, not just an uppity brand. | Preach | emissions-3,tradition+3,rights+2 | -9 | Hold yerr horses | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | rural2 | rural | Farming's gotten a "get big or get out" deal. Bust the monopolies and we'll all be merry. | Break them up | tradition+4,growth-5,equality+3,capitalStrike+1 | Hell naw | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
86 | rural3 | rural | Darn Monsanto controls nearabout all seeds. Yall have to reform patents 'cus this ain't workin' for us. | Reform! | growth-4,tradition+2,equality+2 | Actually, it's Bayer now | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | rural4 | rural | Now farmers can't even fix their own tractors without breaking law. Plain greed if you ask me. | Right to Repair! | tradition+2,growth-3 | It's intellectual property | FALSE | https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/ | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | rural5 | rural | I'm no fan of inspections but Donald Skunk has lowered food standards and screwed up honest folks. | Raise the standards | tradition+1,rights+3,growth-1 | Simmer down | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
89 | rural6 | rural | All that fake plant-based meat is damaging the cattle industry. Ban it for good. | Ban it! | environmentalism-3,tradition+3,emissions+4 | No, it's sustainable | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
90 | rural7 | rural | Companies can import meat and pass it as American. Trade agreements are all messed up. | Enforce labels | rights+2,tradition+2,internationalism-4 | Meat is meat | FALSE | |||||||||||||||||||
91 | lab_meat | tech | Lab-grown meat is the future. Cheap and sustainable. Let's make beef obsolete! | I support it | tradition-5,environment+2,emissions-5,rights+1,workers-3 | Beef is fine | ||||||||||||||||||||
92 | blockchain | tech | Blockchain! | YES! | chain blockchain1 | NO! | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | blockchain1 | tech | It's not just about cryptocurrency speculation. You can decentralize the internet with it! | Take a grant | equality+1,rights+2,growth-2,taxes+2 | -5 | I don't trust it | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | corn_subsidies | rural | Uppity folks are all riled up about corn syrup. That's no good for farmers. You gotta raise the subsidies. | I subsidize everything | emissions+3,tradition+4,services-1 | -4 | No, they are right | |||||||||||||||||||
95 | hyperloop | tech | The future of transport: hypersonic maglev vactrains connecting major urban areas... | I'm hyped. Seed! | growth+2,delay hyperloop2 short | -20 | Gibberish | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | hyperloop2 | tech | There is a slight budget overrun in the maglev vactrains prototype. Also, it makes passengers barf. | I pay | delay hyperloop3 short | -10 | Pull the plug | FALSE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop#Criticism_and_human_factor_considerations | |||||||||||||||||
97 | hyperloop3 | tech | Regarding the maglev vactrains: we are pivoting to amusement park rides. No further funding is needed. | FALSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | personal_responsibility | lobby | A PSA campaign about personal responsibility: "Consumers: YOU can save the planet by recycling!" | Great idea | growth+3,environment+3 | -1 | Not true though | |||||||||||||||||||
99 | cap1 | economist | Cap-and-trade: we cap emissions and create a market for offsets and pollution permits. Climate change fixed. | Let's try it | growth+2,environment+1,emissions-3,delay cap2 short,delay cap3 short,delay cap4 short | Too good to be true | messy solution with some drawbacks and correction options https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-cap-and-trade/ https://grist.org/justice/cap-and-trade-not-so-great-if-you-are-black-or-brown/ | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | cap2 | environment | TOXIC! Your cap-and-trade scheme is giving polluters free emission permits. At least we could sell them, duh. | Auction them | growth-1 | 8 | It's the invisible hand | FALSE | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading#Permit_allocation_versus_auctioning |