NJ Approves Windfarm Off the Coast of Atlantic CityMonday, October 6th, 2008 by JohnnyShred |
The Squidforce likes wind turbines
When you think of energy in New Jersey, most people get an image of the Linden cogeneration plant, smellin’ distance away from Newark Airport. While it is unlikely that the planned NJ Windfarm will allow us to shut down Linden, or New Jersey’s two nuclear power plants, it is a step in the right direction.
We at Squidforce support the plan. You might be thinking “Hey Mr. Squidforce guy, how could someone be against renewable power? Why do you even have to say that you support it? Its like hatin’ on a puppy or wanting your mom to find your porn stash. It just doesn’t make sense.”
Well, gentle reader, if you were reading the news instead of that unconfiscated issue of Penthouse from 1986, you would know that even an unabashed liberal like Ted Kennedy came out against a Nantucket windfarm that could be seen from the fabled Kennedy Hyannisport compound. Apparently rich people get the NIMBY bug just like poor people, except that rich people often have access to US Senators that can stop a plan in their backyard.
Since the backyard in this case is the NJ coast off of the hellhole known as Atlantic City, I’m sure no one really cares about how the things look. Anyone who goes to AC never goes outside, anyway. Even if they do, their eyes aren’t going to be able to adjust to real God given sunlight in time to see spinning windmills 20 miles out, as they make their 450 Megawatts of sweet, sweet hydrocarbon free power.
Lets hear what all of you have to say about the plan. For or against?
Before you comment, you might want to read the shill of a web site for the project itself, or the reasonably factual PSE&G press release.
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Tags: ecology, renewable power, windfarm
October 7th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Hey guys, this segment could use some tighter prose. Stay away from the retorical questions. Usually, the people that are “into” these types of segments already know enough. No need to dumb it down. Plus, there were some other blunders that made it read choppy and somewhat unclear. The key to good writing is simplicity and making your reader do some work. Ya know? Hope it helps. c
October 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
I mean, I got my point across with the windfarm, talked about porn and the inherent unfairness of the power elite of any wing. All the bases were covered.
Those people that are “‘into’ these types of segments” can read the story in the NY Times without the risk of the prose being choppy or hearing a rhetorical question. We at Squidforce aren’t about “rules” or “grammar” or “making sense”.
But we are about “putting words in quotes”. So, props to you for adding a little extra punctuation around your “into”. Well emphasized.
While we do have the educated waterman coming to the site who doesn’t need a ton of splanin’, we also have the young, budding waterman that may need to know what a NIMBY is from time to time. So, I don’t feel was “dumbing it down”, rather I was “tailoring the article to an audience”.
Sir, I demand satisfaction. I’m going to throw down the gauntlet here and challenge you to a writing duel. Best article wins Squidforce schwag. Show me how it’s done.