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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1122428)3/3/2019 2:01:50 PM
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Greenpeace Co-Founder Rips "Pompous Little Twit" Ocasio-Cortez As "Garden-Variety Hypocrite" On Climate

Sun, 03/03/2019 - 11:54

Greenpeace Co-Founder, Dr. Patrick Moore, has been in an ongoing spat with New York Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) over the overly-ambitious Green New Deal that could quadruple the national debt. Moore, who has since split with Greenpeace, now refers to himself as the "sensible environmentalist."

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The GND calls for an ultra-progressive bucket list of environmental goals such as the elimination of all fossil fuels, nuclear energy, air travel, 99% of cars and the retrofitting of every single building in America for "state of the art energy efficiency." AOC's plan even throws in government-guaranteed jobs - and simply hands cash to anyone "unwilling to work," along with healthy food and a free house.

The plan would also, as Moore notes, kill everything on earth:

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Patrick Moore@EcoSenseNow





' @AOC 's Green New Deal calls for:
"(J) removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere."https://t.co/t9HuWwC1rI
Technically (scientifically) this would mean removing all H2O vapour and all CO2 which would mean the eradication of all life on Earth.
Brilliant.



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10:21 AM - Feb 19, 2019



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After AOC suggested in late February that she was "in charge" until someone comes up with a better plan, Moore fired back, tweeting: "Pompous little twit. You don’t have a plan to grow food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels, or get the food into the cities. Horses? If fossil fuels were banned every tree in the world would be cut down for fuel for cooking and heating. You would bring about mass death."




Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

?@AOC

· Feb 22, 2019




Yup. If you don’t like the #GreenNewDeal, then come up with your own ambitious, on-scale proposal to address the global climate crisis.

Until then, we’re in charge - and you’re just shouting from the cheap seats.



Patrick Moore@EcoSenseNow


Pompous little twit. You don’t have a plan to grow food for 8 billion people without fossil fuels, or get the food into the cities. Horses? If fossil fuels were banned every tree in the world would be cut down for fuel for cooking and heating. You would bring about mass death.



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7:36 AM - Feb 23, 2019
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Several hours later, Moore explained: "You are delusional if you think fossil fuels will end any time soon, maybe in 500 yrs. AOC’s attitude is unjustifiably condescending. She is a neophyte pretending to be wise. Her kind bring ruination if allowed to be “in charge”. (from the cheap seats)."




helena@helenafmckeown

· Feb 23, 2019




Replying to @EcoSenseNow @AOC
May I suggest you argue the point, not the person. ‘Pompous little twit’ doesn’t come across very professional or serious @EcoSenseNow - just angry and immature. Maybe use your knowledge to support the inevitable - end to fossil fuels? Just a thought.



Patrick Moore@EcoSenseNow


You are delusional if you think fossil fuels will end any time soon, maybe in 500 yrs. AOC’s attitude is unjustifiably condescending. She is a neophyte pretending to be wise. Her kind bring ruination if allowed to be “in charge”. (from the cheap seats).



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10:29 AM - Feb 23, 2019 · Comox, British Columbia
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Moore has continued his criticism, calling AOC a "garden-variety hypocrite like the others" who has "ZERO expertise at any of the things you pretend to know."




Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

?@AOC

· 17h




I also fly & use A/C

Living in the world as it is isn’t an argument against working towards a better future.

The Green New Deal is about putting a LOT of people to work in developing new technologies, building new infrastructure, and getting us to 100% renewable energy.



Patrick Moore@EcoSenseNow


The "world as it is" has the option of taking the subway rather than a taxi. option of Amtrak rather than plane, option of opening windows rather than A/C. You're just a garden-variety hypocrite like the others. And you have ZERO expertise at any of the things you pretend to know



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7:33 PM - Mar 2, 2019
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A few more thoughts from Moore and others who have jumped into the debate:



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Nicely done.



Charles Myers#3stars4GenFlynn@SmokeyBear2018

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I found the Boeing 787 10 was even slightly more efficient at 73 miles per passenger per gallon including luggage and cargo. So Ocasio, get lost! Let the real 'scientists and engineers' (you know, the ones you copied from on tests at school) work out the issues.





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11:04 PM - Mar 2, 2019
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I think I’ll join the Navy.

scarlett_0hara@scarlett_0hara

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@EcoSenseNow
And that is not counting all the wood we'll need to build our new #GND #Airforce and #Navy!






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11:41 PM - Mar 2, 2019
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Good photo of @AOC after being told she's not really in charge, or The Boss.



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5:33 PM - Mar 2, 2019



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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1122428)3/3/2019 7:47:03 PM
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More climate nonsense. We are past the point of no return since 2010. Scientists said so. Now, the new wave of scientist is simply moving the goal post. Just like they did when they predicted the arctic would be ice free by 2013.

What is the current, scientific consensus on when the arctic will be ice free? Is it 2020? I have lost track.