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Six Flags to cut 18,000 trees to go solar
My Fox NY.com ^
| March 27, 2015
| AP
Posted on 03/27/2015 4:22:26 PM PDT by CedarDave
JACKSON, N.J. (AP) - A theme park plans to cut down more than 18,000 trees for the construction of what it says will be the largest solar farm in New Jersey.
Park President John Fitzgerald said in a statement that solar power will significantly reduce the park's reliance on fossil fuels.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 6flags; climatechange; energy; fossilfuels; globalwarming; sixflags; solar; solarenergy; themepark; trees
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Not satire - guess they haven't heard that trees consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:22:26 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
To: CedarDave
The local schools did the same thing. Every tree in every parking lot cut down for carports with gizmos on top.
Made my blood boil.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:23:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: CedarDave
A mass murderer of trees.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:24:19 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
Treebeard will NOT be pleased...
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:25:42 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
I didn’t know there were tree-huggers at Free Republic.
To: CedarDave
Another episode in the continuing sage of The Snake Eats Itself.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:26:26 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: CedarDave
I wonder if they were they required to file an Environmental Impact Report?
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:26:42 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
To: CedarDave
People made fun of Ronald Reagan when he said it. Turns out, he was on the right track.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:27:04 PM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sa)
To: Ben Ficklin
I didn’t know there were tree-huggers at Free Republic.You don't have to be one of those to detest hypocrisy.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:27:10 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: CedarDave
President John Fitzgerald
____________________________________________
I thought this was about JFK ( President John Fitzgerald Kennedy) and I was confused for a moment or two..
To: Michael.SF.
I wonder if they were they required to file an Environmental Impact Report?Assuming uniformity of code, any developer would have to replace them inch-for-diameter-inch. Unless, of course, there's an alternative-energy waiver.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:29:27 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: Ben Ficklin
I like trees. I like it when they are harvested because then they are replanted which is good for the forest.
I don't like it when they are cut for silly reasons because I like the shade and coolness they bring.
These are being cut for a reason that is IMHO silly and will be counter productive. But they own the trees so it is their right to do as they will.
It is also my right to think and say that they are dumber then a box of rocks to do so.
(No insult to rocks intended)
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:31:17 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: 9thLife
You call it hypocrisy, but most would call it a trade-off.
To: Ben Ficklin
Conservative conservation and recognition of the benefits of trees is not “tree-hugging”.
Without government subsidies the “solar farm” would NEVER pay for itself;the cost of solar cell panels including labor and support structures and maintenance, repairs needed after storm damage, and the FACT that solar cells deliver power only when well sunlit.THAT last happens just how many hours per year in New Jersey?
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:33:44 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: Ben Ficklin
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:34:46 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: Ben Ficklin
I didn’t know there were tree-huggers at Free Republic.Are you for cutting down 18,000 trees to support a leftist boondoggle?
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:35:00 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: CedarDave
Idiots. I like trees and have lots of them on my property. The tree of life!
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:36:03 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
It should be their right to cut the trees but we shouldn’t have to subsidize it.
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:36:56 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: CedarDave
Humans have a relationship with trees ...they give off oxygen and take up Co2 we give off Co2 and take in Oxygen. kind of a dumb thing to do
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posted on
03/27/2015 4:37:24 PM PDT
by
jrd
To: Ben Ficklin
I didn’t know there were tree-huggers at Free Republic.Free Republic? Free Republic? All this time I thought it was Tree Republic! No wonder I have such different opinions than most on this sight!
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