{"id":22834,"date":"2019-04-01T00:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T04:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2019-04-02T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:46:59","slug":"green-new-deal-will-not-cost-as-much-as-feared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/green-new-deal-will-not-cost-as-much-as-feared\/","title":{"rendered":"Green New Deal will not cost as much as feared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It turns out that a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vestas.com\/\">Vestas<\/a> wind turbine can be purchased for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HIcw5t\">$199 on Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22835\" width=\"368\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image.png 1284w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-975x1024.png 975w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image-768x806.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2019\/02\/14\/vestas-retains-position-as-worlds-leading-onshore-wind-supplier\/\">&#8220;Vestas Retains Position As World\u2019s Leading Onshore Wind Supplier&#8221;<\/a> (imagine how much more successful they could be if they listed &#8220;stakeholders&#8221; or &#8220;diversity&#8221; as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vestas.com\/en\/about\/profile#!\">their priorities or strategy<\/a>; folks in Denmark did not get the memo, apparently!) <\/li><li>my <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CitizensforaPlannedEconomy.pdf\">Citizens for a Planned Economy platform<\/a>, drafted after both Obama and Romney, in a 2012 debate, promised government-directed industrial policies, included &#8220;five-year plan for transitioning to green technology for electricity generation&#8221;. 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