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Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership
Free Beacon ^ | SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 2:05 PM | Graham Piro

Posted on 09/19/2019 2:10:58 PM PDT by robowombat

Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership Imagines 'constant roving fleet of electric cars' as alternative

Graham Piro - SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 2:05 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said the United States may have to eliminate private car ownership to combat climate change during MSNBC's climate forum at Georgetown University Thursday morning.

He told MSNBC host Ali Velshi that "we might not own our own cars" by 2050 to wean the United States economy off of fossil fuels, describing private car ownership as "really inefficient and bad for the environment." Privately owned cars would be replaced by a "constant roving fleet of electric cars."

A video posted by the GOP War Room shows Velshi asking Yang what measures he sees the world taking to fight climate change by 2050.

"You have this ability to envision the future, right, with your proposals on universal basic income. You've played the whole chess game out and you see what it looks like on the other end. Play the chess game out on climate change," Velshi said. "What does the world look like to you in 2050? What physically do you think we will do differently than we do today that will result in us fighting climate change?"

"Well I mentioned before that we might not own our own cars. Our current car ownership and usage model is really inefficient and bad for the environment," Yang said.

"You guys all probably agree with this because you're quite young," he told the Georgetown University crowd, adding an anecdote about driving a 1985 Honda Accord as a young man.

Yang then proposed an alternative to individuals owning their own cars.

"What we're really selling is not the car, it's mobility," he said. "So if you have mobility that's then tied into a much more, if you had like, for example, this constant roving fleet of electric cars that you would just order up, then you could diminish the impact of ground transportation on our environment very, very quickly."

Yang's climate plan calls for nearly $5 trillion in spending over the next 20 years. His proposal includes embracing the impacts of climate change.

"Move our people to higher ground. Natural disasters and other effects of climate change are already causing damage and death. We need to adapt our country to this new reality," his plan states.

The plan also includes a zero emissions standard for all new cars by 2030 and hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in emission-free ground and air transportation.

Yang enjoyed a recent polling bump and is now in fourth place in the California primary ahead of formerly "top-tier" candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.). "Must have been the crowdsurfing," he tweeted.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2020election; alivelshi; andrewyang; banautomobiles; california; cars; degrowthmovement; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; energy; fakescience; georgetownu; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hydrocarbons; maga; mediawingofthednc; msnbc; nbc; nobrainscollectively; nocars; opec; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; privateproperty; smearmachine; thenewredparty; universalbasicincome; yang
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To: robowombat

I see the dems are continuing to run on taking away our possessions. That’s a sure fire way to win in 2020. If they keep it up, Trump may get a 50 state victory.


81 posted on 09/19/2019 3:15:53 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: robowombat

Ping to the “driving is a privilege” crowd.


82 posted on 09/19/2019 3:16:14 PM PDT by chulaivn66 ("...government will follow its natural tendency to despotism.")
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To: robowombat

Who the hell is Andrew Yang?

Is “stupid” the new racial preference for consideration as a Democrat Presidential Candidate?

Apparently Beto and Yang are vying for the honor of being the stupidest candidates to ever run for President.... of anything.

Right now Yang has taken the lead.


83 posted on 09/19/2019 3:19:31 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: Tenacious 1

Where will the electricity come from for his magical roving fleet of electric cars? Asking for a friend.

And how is a constantly roving fleet saving energy over my car parked in my garage?

This moron is an idiot.


84 posted on 09/19/2019 3:20:26 PM PDT by samtheman (The drive-by media is the true boss of the democommie party.)
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To: samtheman

This moron is an idiot.

He is demonrat

one in the same


85 posted on 09/19/2019 3:21:41 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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I will give up my car as long as Mr. Yang allows me to shove it up his ass.

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86 posted on 09/19/2019 3:23:50 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: AlaskaErik

“First they came for our guns”

Actually, they first came for tobacco.

Using junk science to push the second hand smoke hoax gave them the model for “climate science”.


87 posted on 09/19/2019 3:26:39 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: bigbob

keyboard spew alert


88 posted on 09/19/2019 3:30:55 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: aquila48

keyboard spew alert


89 posted on 09/19/2019 3:31:13 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: robowombat

This is Democrat opposition to physical mobility, and it really goes further than that. The Democrats are against economic and social mobility as well. In pushing their “classless socialism,” they are really pushing the feudal class system that was........wait for it.......the Soviet Union. The privations forced on the “proletariat “ for the “greater good” don’t apply to the nomenklatura and apparatchiks since they are doing the heavy lifting of remolding society. So, Comrade, be happy in your 400 square foot space shared with 4 other families in an ugly apartment block with no heat or air conditioning while your betters relax in their dachas.


90 posted on 09/19/2019 3:39:33 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: robowombat
Uh, Yang? Buh-Bye!...you’re gone, buh-bye! 😂😂😂👍
91 posted on 09/19/2019 3:47:00 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: robowombat
To paraphrase: Hell yes we're taking your hemis and supercharger. Nobody NEEDS that kind of horsepower. 🙌🚀🐎💩
92 posted on 09/19/2019 3:47:57 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: robowombat

This is a secret dream for Democrats.


93 posted on 09/19/2019 3:48:33 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: robowombat

But how would we drive to Hawaii?


94 posted on 09/19/2019 3:49:13 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: robowombat

For the public.

Billion dollar Marxists will still have their own personal SUVs.


95 posted on 09/19/2019 3:51:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: fishtank

Animal Farm


96 posted on 09/19/2019 3:52:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: alloysteel

Their long term goal it to eliminate America.


97 posted on 09/19/2019 3:52:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: dfwgator
"But what about those of us that live in the country?"

Oh, that's what the Collective Farms are for.


We country folk are deplorables. That is what the ovens are for.
98 posted on 09/19/2019 3:53:17 PM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: robowombat

So this Wang person is going to do that, huh?


99 posted on 09/19/2019 3:53:20 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: All

Seems to me Democrats just want to take from us and kill babies.


100 posted on 09/19/2019 4:02:42 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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