[knarf]

And take those 18,000 trees and start building a bridge from the Jersey shore ... eastward

Makes as much sense

[4rcane]

This make sense only because of some government policies which is encouraging this action. This is like the Soviets. I’ll bet there some tax incentive to go solar. Environment comes distant last to central planner

[higgmeister]

21.9 jiggawatts.....     Did you say 21.9 jiggawatts????!!!     Great Scott!

How are they going to make that kind of power by cutting down some trees?

[mrs. a]

The Lorax is not amused.

[Just_Sue]

New Jersey averages 94 days a year of sunshine. Sure makes sense to me to cut down all those trees.

[Gaffer]

I'd expect the ecofreaks to be chiming in about it with "we're cutting down all our trees!" and "Global Warming is Falling!"

However, this from Mother Nature News:

In the United States, which contains 8 percent of the world's forests, there are more trees than there were 100 years ago. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "Forest growth nationally has exceeded harvest since the 1940s. By 1997, forest growth exceeded harvest by 42 percent and the volume of forest growth was 380 percent greater than it had been in 1920." The greatest gains have been seen on the East Coast (with average volumes of wood per acre almost doubling since the '50s) which was the area most heavily logged by European settlers beginning in the 1600s, soon after their arrival.

[Paladin2]

Having droped a few trees of size, 18000 is a large effort.

[Artie]

Is that Al Gore? With a chain saw?

[olezip]

Six Flags Great Adventure says the facility will generate 21.9 megawatts, or enough to power about 3,100 homes, and capable of meeting all of the park's needs.

Six Flags Great Adventure says the facility will generate 21.9 megawatts during peak daylight hours, or enough to power about 3,100 homes during the day, and capable of meeting all of the park's needs in daylight. Nighttime power production will have to come from somewhere else.

Perhaps the park does not plan to operate at night.

[PIF]

We want power. ... Who needs oxygen? ... Carbon dioxide - so what?

[doosee]

Per Algore, those 18000 trees have souls like people, but they don’t vote, so screw em.

[McBuff]

Better check with these guys first!!

Crazy Tree Lady

[goodwithagun]

No good do gooders at it again.

[Leep]

I hope they use solar powered chain saws? Oh, and hybrid logging trucks to haul the lumber out.

[BenLurkin]

Obscene

[Sacajaweau]

insane

[Flick Lives]

Wind Turbines = chopped birds
Solar Farms = homeless birds

It’s amazing what FedGov economic distortion can “accomplish”.

[tophat9000]

Green plant and trees breath/consume co2.. so what is the carbon footprint of killing 18000 trees?

[Sgt_Schultze]

If the metal, the electronics and the glass used in the construction of the solar array was not manufactured using "green" energy, then this project will never generate enough electricity to even offset the "dirty" power used to build the components and to clear the site and install the project.

[joethedrummer]

Y’all see.. I’m a gonna cut my left arm off - so’s I can replace it with this here ‘bionic’ arm I built myself in ma basement from spare parts... of COURSE it’ll work! I’m a genius, you know!”