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The Green New Deal acts as if the most important priority is making America more efficient, but this is wrong.
Pushing the US economy to zero emissions won't fundamentally alter the problem because--and this is important--if we stop using fossil fuels, they actually get cheaper for everyone else, making developing countries more likely to develop in carbon-intensive ways.
The US is already responsible for less than one third of carbon emissions. US reductions in emissions have been more than overtaken by increases by other countries.
This is not an excuse for the US to do nothing. We must continue efforts to get away from carbon fuels if for no other reason than carbon fuels are a limited resource. Also, technologies we develop may be applicable in other parts of the world.
Megan McArdle on Twitter: "Pushing the US economy to zero emissions won't