Here is the Green New Deal:
Just like EVs, people believe they are more environmentally friendly, and EVs don't use gas! No, you have a coal burner that destroys the planet with your lithium and cobalt mines. And then there's the used battery dilemma and the cost/impact with recycling/discarding batteries.
And don't get me started on ethanol and the colossal pollution and waste.
But as other FReepers have pointed out, this is always about feeling heroic and |doing something”, even if there is no basis in reality.