12 APRIL 29, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Plugging into change
When seemingly the entire
world shut down last spring
as the COVID-19 pandemic
went into high gear, an interesting,
yet not surprising, phenomenon
occurred.
The environment changed in cities all
over the world, albeit temporarily. The
lack of land and air travel, the absence
of exhaust-emitting vehicles, literally
cleared the skies and even waterways.
This cleanup came at a terrible cost
that we’re still paying for today, in human
life and economic suff ering. Yet
this pandemic poses the opportunity to
build a better city, country and world
not only for ourselves, but unborn
generations to come.
Green, renewable energy must be
front and center in the recovery eff ort.
We know that the current administrations
at City Hall, and in Albany and
Washington, support the construction
of a new infrastructure that will help
move our country away from fi lthy fossil
fuels toward cleaner, more effi cient
alternatives.
Still, there are some who would rather
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Queens residents rally in favor of the Green New Deal at Rufus King Park in Jamaica. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
just go back to the way things were before
the pandemic, who are unwilling to
change the way we power our cars, our
homes, our society. To continue clinging
to the way things are only keeps us
stuck in the past, and doesn’t advance
us toward the future.
New York City and state have invested
billions in remaking the energy
infrastructure — from approving a
wind farm in Sunset Park, to expanding
solar power, to making a commitment to
electrify the public school bus fl eet by
2035. And there’s more to come.
The Green New Deal is being pitched
again in Congress. The program represents
a real chance to simultaneously
modernize the energy infrastructure,
re-energize the economy and reduce
our dependence on fossil fuels.
There may be items in the Green
New Deal which aren’t ideal that could
be removed from the fi nal plan. But we
fi nd it hard to believe that people of all
parties cannot fi nd common ground
in developing a plan that boosts our
own energy production, provides new
jobs and cleans up our skies, land and
rivers.
We can’t settle for the status quo
and stick to the same old technology.
The times that we live in demand that
we change. We must adapt, or we will
perish under the weight of our own
ignorance.
As Thomas Edison, the inventor of the
light bulb, said, “If we did all the things
we are capable of, we would literally
astound ourselves.”
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