What are the pros and cons of The Green New Deal?

The Green New Deal will overhaul the transportation system

Question: What are the pros and cons of The Green New Deal?
Position1 of 3›: The goals of the Green New Deal
Argument‹4 of 4: The Green New Deal will overhaul the transportation system

Create a transportation system in the United States that utilizes high-speed rail and hybrid technology. This will reduce single-car-user commuting, which will significantly cut down on one of the leading causes of pollution, vehicles.

The argument

The increase of hybrid automobiles in the United States is a step in the right direction to reduce the harm of carbon emissions that traditional gasoline vehicles produce. However, that effort is not enough to achieve net-zero emissions. Therefore, the Green New Deal (a proposal from Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey) aims to overhaul the United States’ transportation system. There are two main factors that the Green New Deal wants to address regarding transportation: improved transportation systems within cities and improved transportation across the country. The Green New Deal wants to create more and better transit services within cities. This would reduce American reliance on gas cars and reduce carbon emissions. Additionally, the proposal wants to utilize transnational transportation that could reduce driving across the country. This includes features like developing high-speed rail with the goal of emission reduction.

Premises

[P1]Hybrid cars are a step forward but not enough to reach net-zero emissions. [P2] The Green New Deal therefore aims to overhaul transportation by building more and better transit within cities to cut reliance on gas cars. [P3] It also aims to develop high-speed rail to reduce long-distance driving across the country. [C] Therefore, overhauling the transportation system is one of the goals of the Green New Deal.

Counter-arguments

The overhaul of the American transportation system, desired by the Green New Deal, is unrealistic. The market for hybrid driving technology is small when compared to traditional gas vehicles. Additionally, the proposal does not give the American consumer incentive to move over to hybrid vehicles. When it comes to nationwide transportation in the United States, the bill inadequately addresses how the overhaul would occur. High-speed rail is not a popular idea among the populace, and many states lack the financial ability to create these systems. The Green New Deal does not have enough specifics to overhaul the American transportation system realistically.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] That hybrids are insufficient for net zero is asserted without figures, and hybrids are a transitional technology the proposal would itself supersede, so the premise carries little weight either way. [Rejecting P2] Building transit is an aim rather than a mechanism, and as the counter-argument notes the proposal is a resolution that does not specify how construction would be financed or by whom it would be carried out. [Rejecting P3] High-speed rail is named as a goal with no account of route, cost or jurisdiction, and the counter-argument observes that states differ widely in their willingness and financial capacity to build it. A stated goal and a transport overhaul are not the same thing.