Comment: As with the state's goal of 100% renewables, there's no mention of how much it will cost. Actually, it's impossible to know because nobody knows how cheap fossil alternatives like natural gas might be in the future. Blank checks are fine as long as they are green. The full resolution is linked here. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, eat your heart out. Chicago, just like the State of Illinois, loves your Green New Deal and is going for it, even if the nation and the vast majority of your own party in Congress think it's insane.
But, hey .. Chicago is going to work with community organizations and stakeholders. Max efficiency at union-scale. Power to the people. We didn’t say ELECTRIC power.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Interesting article from Manhattan Institute called “The “New Energy Economy”: An Exercise in Magical Thinking”
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolution-near-impossible
But, hey .. Chicago is going to work with community organizations and stakeholders. Max efficiency at union-scale. Power to the people. We didn’t say ELECTRIC power.