Recent comments in /f/newjersey

Altruistic_Ad884 t1_ja2t9dn wrote

Wow, I’m saddened by so many of these comments. Saving the whales and dolphins and all the other marine life is extremely important to many people, not rich people.
This looks like an education lesson for the rest of the state that has not grown up and been raised on the New Jersey shore.
Many people live on Long Beach island and Manahawkin ALL year long. We work here, have families here, our own way of life. “Rich” people from New York (you guys suck) and northern New Jersey come here for a week out of the summer and trash our environment. Those people are not putting up banners about saving whales because their beach view might get ruined. No you dipshits, it’s the people that live here and love this area. It’s the people who surf all year, ride their jeeps into the pines and fish in the winter.

You can argue over who is killing the whales but I’ll assure you, someone is and they don’t care if they kill you too.

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lost_in_life_34 t1_ja2t8cj wrote

Reply to HVAC by king249999

It depends how old you system is. Pseg also has their worry free insurance but there is a 30-60 day wait from the time you get it to first repair

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Tapirium t1_ja2qrue wrote

I reckon that because global supply chains are in the midst of recovering from the lull of the pandemic, there has been substantial increase in ship traffic over the past two years(as we return to prepandemic commercial environment. I am not saying this IS the reason, but it could explain some of the cetecean deaths.

Whales have washed up on NJ beaches for centuries, it isn't necessarily a new phenomenon. However, the increase in occurence is fairly new and that is rightfully concerning. There are many lobbies and special interests that stand to lose money if these wind turbines are installed, keep those actors in mind when reading anything critical of the project. The opposite is true for those in support of it.

There's a lot of politics involved in this project and we need to be careful not to latch onto talking points before facts have a chance to catch up. The deaths of whales are heartbreaking, I suspect Exelon knows this and is happily preying upon those heart strings to fight against renewable energy in NJ, this is expected from a company who has monopolized the energy market in South Jersey.

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ChocolatePleepleus t1_ja2p3z1 wrote

Reply to Move over... by JS_NYC_208

I've noticed people that do this will also speed up when you start passing them on the right, which causes a dangerous and frustrating situation. Absolute monsters on the roads these days.

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