New Mexico Imposes Its Own Green New Deal

Prior to the 1990s, New Mexico was a red state. Then came demographic transformation, gradually reducing Republicans to irrelevance. Formerly cowboy country, now the Land of Enchantment is so far left, it is attempting to impose a variation of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s demented Green New Deal.

From Fox News:

Newly-elected Democrat Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the “Energy Transition Act” in March. This law requires that New Mexico move to 100 percent carbon-free energy – the same long-term goal as the “Green New Deal.”

Running anything resembling a modern economy without emitting harmless CO2 is not even remotely feasible. To impose such an economy would require a level of tyranny unprecedented in human history.

This destructive law is essentially a hidden carbon tax and will threaten the jobs of thousands of energy workers, raise utility rates, cut state revenue, and make green energy companies rich at the taxpayers’ expense.

Even if the law could prevent any carbon from being emitted in New Mexico, it would have no perceptible effect on the supposedly problematic climate. But the global warming hoax isn’t about the weather. It is about two things: Democrats’ lust for control and the greed of crony capitalists in the “green energy” sector.

The Energy Transition Act could double electric bills, according to the Heritage Foundation. Succumbing to moonbattery is not cheap.

On tips from Dragon’s Lair and 1-Bodhisattva.

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