GND solves oil reliance
D’Souza 22, Deborah, Deborah D'Souza is the former news editor at Investopedia. She also writes articles that bring together information from across different financial fields, Understanding the Green New Deal & What's in the Climate Proposal, May 28th, 2022, https://www.investopedia.com/the-green-new-deal-explained-4588463[AMoss]
The term "Green New Deal" was first used by Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman in January 2007. At that point, America experienced its hottest year on record (although there have been five hotter since). Friedman recognized the easy solution to climate change politicians hoped for wasn't possible. It was going to take money, effort, and upsetting an industry that is always generous with campaign contributions.
Transitioning away from fossil fuels, he argued in a New York Times column, would require the government to raise prices on them, introduce higher energy standards, and undertake a massive industrial project to scale up green technology.
“The right rallying call is for a ‘Green New Deal,’” he wrote, referencing former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's domestic programs to rescue the country from the Great Depression. “If you have put a windmill in your yard or some solar panels on your roof, bless your heart. But we will only green the world when we change the very nature of the electricity grid—moving it away from dirty coal or oil to clean coal and renewables.”