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(Gothamist)   Forget what you've heard about dirty Jersey being an environmental cesspool, its just started up the largest offshore wind manufacturing plant in the US   (gothamist.com) divider line
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683 clicks; posted to Business » on 02 Jan 2023 at 1:05 PM (12 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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BigMax [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 12:27:56 PM  
The toxic waste dump was the Old New Jersey. This is the New New Jersey.

/but enough about me
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-02 1:06:03 PM  
I thought Taco Bell was the largest wind manufacturing plant.
 
Sin'sHero [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 1:07:06 PM  
New Breezey?
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-02 1:08:57 PM  
Yet you still have to close your vents driving by the Hess plant in Linden.

/Show me potato salad!
 
Izunbacol [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 1:18:45 PM  
New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

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It's rife with very educated people:
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And... its population is overall high earning.
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Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"
 
Izunbacol [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 1:20:25 PM  

Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
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And... its population is overall high earning.
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Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"


(One big difference - Jersey rejects move to Florida.  California rejects move to Texas and Arizona)
 
BMFPitt
2023-01-02 1:32:15 PM  
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/keeps Xmas lights up year round
 
OrionXVI
2023-01-02 1:40:47 PM  
Spent 6 months living and working in New Jersey.

To be honest, once you get outside of the New York/Philly spillover, the rest of New Jersey is a fairly nice state.
 
Obscene_CNN
2023-01-02 1:42:56 PM  
Just killing scores seabirds
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/30/puffins-pummelled-offshore-wind-turbines-annihilating-britains-seabirds-entire-species-threatened/
 
Dinjiin [BareFark]
2023-01-02 2:10:19 PM  

Obscene_CNN: Just killing scores seabirds
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/30/puffins-pummelled-offshore-wind-turbines-annihilating-britains-seabirds-entire-species-threatened/


According to more mainstream sites, nobody really knows the impact on those installations off the UK coast because an environmental study has not yet been conducted.   The turbines could be halted during migratory periods.  Painting a blade a dark color can frighten birds in avoiding the blades.

Meanwhile, coal and oil extraction and combustion kills many more birds (and other wildlife).  Last I checked, puffins do not like to swim around in oil spills or breathe emissions.

/don't get me started on the problem with tea towels
 
Exluddite [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 2:17:53 PM  

Obscene_CNN: Just killing scores seabirds
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/30/puffins-pummelled-offshore-wind-turbines-annihilating-britains-seabirds-entire-species-threatened/


Wow, there is enough BS on that site to cover half of Australia!
 
OkieDookie [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 2:23:32 PM  
Now Jersey can suck and blow.
 
FNG [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 2:24:54 PM  
I have friends in western New Jersey.  Rolling hills, rural, nice house backing up to woods.  I've never been there without seeing deer walk through their property on their way to and from the woods.  Haven't seen a bear yet, but they tell me it's not uncommon for them to walk through, too.  Very peaceful to visit them.

OTOH, I also have friends in Hoboken, and when we visit them, it's the typical Jersey stereotypes on the turnpike and roads, and yes, the smell of industry is always there.

Two different worlds.

/side note - was on the NJ turnpike twice this week.  I have family in New England, and the one thing I used to be able to count on was the tidiness and frequency of the service stations/rest stops on the turnpike.  At least half of them have closed in the last two years, and some of the signs haven't been updated yet.  So you have to pee and the last sign said "Next service station 5 miles" and  you're like "yay!" and then you come up to it and it has a big "CLOSED" orange sticker on it.  That's not cool, New Jersey.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-02 2:28:53 PM  

Madman drummers bummers: I thought Taco Bell was the largest wind manufacturing plant.


Not a plant, the correct answer is cabbage
 
Jurodan
2023-01-02 2:38:47 PM  

Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
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And... its population is overall high earning.
[Fark user image image 330x682]

Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"


As a bonus, we have 40 hours guaranteed paid sick leave. It's not much, but it's better than no guaranteed sick leave.
 
Albert911emt [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 2:44:14 PM  
Huh, I thought I felt the earth's spin pick up speed just a bit.
 
RubiconBeer
2023-01-02 2:57:38 PM  
Paulsboro Mayor Gary Stevenson, who retired from an Exxon research facility associated with a nearby refinery in 2015, said a combined workforce of 2,000 at the joint facility's heyday has now dwindled to a few hundred.
"All those good-paying jobs have gone bye-bye," Stevenson said.

He expects the new wind facility at the port will help revive the town's economy. "With all the stable jobs it's going to create in the middle of town, we're probably going to open up another diner. And the hardware store is going to be better."

Defining the success of a blue collar NJ town by the number of functioning diners is...actually, probably pretty accurate.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2023-01-02 3:22:02 PM  

Obscene_CNN: Just killing scores seabirds
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/10/30/puffins-pummelled-offshore-wind-turbines-annihilating-britains-seabirds-entire-species-threatened/


stopthesethings.com, for all your bird-concern needs!
 
sirrerun
2023-01-02 3:33:24 PM  
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sirrerun
2023-01-02 3:36:44 PM  

RubiconBeer: Paulsboro Mayor Gary Stevenson, who retired from an Exxon research facility associated with a nearby refinery in 2015, said a combined workforce of 2,000 at the joint facility's heyday has now dwindled to a few hundred.
"All those good-paying jobs have gone bye-bye," Stevenson said.

He expects the new wind facility at the port will help revive the town's economy. "With all the stable jobs it's going to create in the middle of town, we're probably going to open up another diner. And the hardware store is going to be better."

Defining the success of a blue collar NJ town by the number of functioning diners is...actually, probably pretty accurate.


New Jersey diners are awesome.
 
Manfred J. Hattan
2023-01-02 3:38:07 PM  
RubiconBeer:

Defining the success of a blue collar NJ town by the number of functioning diners is...actually, probably pretty accurate.

This is the very same town that hosts the deli with a (former) $100 mm valuation.
 
Izunbacol [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 3:52:09 PM  

Jurodan: Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
[Fark user image image 343x705]

And... its population is overall high earning.
[Fark user image image 330x682]

Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"

As a bonus, we have 40 hours guaranteed paid sick leave. It's not much, but it's better than no guaranteed sick leave.


How does that work with PTO arrangements, where you have one pot of leave and use it for vacation, illness, whatever.  Sick leave, unless it has very draconian doctor verification requirements, seems like just a more complicated PTO system.

/Director of Hilarious Antics
 
slantsix
2023-01-02 5:23:51 PM  
I'm pretty sure the plant doesn't actually fabricate wind. facepalm.jpg
 
Jurodan
2023-01-02 5:25:10 PM  

Izunbacol: Jurodan: Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
[Fark user image image 343x705]

And... its population is overall high earning.
[Fark user image image 330x682]

Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"

As a bonus, we have 40 hours guaranteed paid sick leave. It's not much, but it's better than no guaranteed sick leave.

How does that work with PTO arrangements, where you have one pot of leave and use it for vacation, illness, whatever.  Sick leave, unless it has very draconian doctor verification requirements, seems like just a more complicated PTO system.


I haven't been at a company where that is an issue. It just ensures that you have at least 40 hours of paid time off for sick leave. That includes temp positions if they last long enough.
 
jake3988 [OhFark]
2023-01-02 5:27:56 PM  

Izunbacol: Jurodan: Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
[Fark user image image 343x705]

And... its population is overall high earning.
[Fark user image image 330x682]

Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"

As a bonus, we have 40 hours guaranteed paid sick leave. It's not much, but it's better than no guaranteed sick leave.

How does that work with PTO arrangements, where you have one pot of leave and use it for vacation, illness, whatever.  Sick leave, unless it has very draconian doctor verification requirements, seems like just a more complicated PTO system.


It's stupid.  For short periods of time, there's never any verification that you're actually sick (and suggesting that people do that apparently gets a bunch of people's panties in a twist)... so there's really no need to have separate sick time.  It essentially just becomes vacation time.  And since it's not 'earned' (but given), the company doesn't have to pay any time left.

Which is why most companies these days don't have separate sick time.

So unless a state mandates it (none do to my knowledge, although some municipalities do), there's no reason to have it.
 
Muta
2023-01-02 5:44:36 PM  
The Dirty Jersey is a sex move involving the butt hole, isn't it?
 
Lusiphur
2023-01-02 5:46:11 PM  

Muta: The Dirty Jersey is a sex move involving the butt hole, isn't it?


Everything in Jersey involves an asshole one way or another.

Source: Grew up in Jersey. Still love it.

/successfully navigated a corn maze blindfolded
 
Muta
2023-01-02 5:59:29 PM  

Lusiphur: Muta: The Dirty Jersey is a sex move involving the butt hole, isn't it?

Everything in Jersey involves an asshole one way or another.

Source: Grew up in Jersey. Still love it.


I'd imagine a Dirty Jersey involves some one getting pounded in the ass while wearing a Devils sweater and eating a hoagie.
 
RubiconBeer
2023-01-02 6:18:58 PM  

Muta: The Dirty Jersey is a sex move involving the butt hole, isn't it?


No, that's called a jug handle.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-02 6:51:19 PM  

slantsix: I'm pretty sure the plant doesn't actually fabricate wind. facepalm.jpg


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Jurodan
2023-01-02 7:00:04 PM  

jake3988: Izunbacol: Jurodan: Izunbacol: New Jersey is a bit like the East Coast's California.  It's a place where immigrants establish themselves and build their lives.  

[Fark user image image 327x720]

It's rife with very educated people:
[Fark user image image 343x705]

And... its population is overall high earning.
[Fark user image image 330x682]

Put it together, and like California, you have the losers shuffling off to other states, blaming immigrants and yuppies for ruining their home.  "I moved out of there to REAL America.  It's so expensive and crowded, nobody can afford it!"

As a bonus, we have 40 hours guaranteed paid sick leave. It's not much, but it's better than no guaranteed sick leave.

How does that work with PTO arrangements, where you have one pot of leave and use it for vacation, illness, whatever.  Sick leave, unless it has very draconian doctor verification requirements, seems like just a more complicated PTO system.

It's stupid.  For short periods of time, there's never any verification that you're actually sick (and suggesting that people do that apparently gets a bunch of people's panties in a twist)... so there's really no need to have separate sick time.  It essentially just becomes vacation time.  And since it's not 'earned' (but given), the company doesn't have to pay any time left.

Which is why most companies these days don't have separate sick time.

So unless a state mandates it (none do to my knowledge, although some municipalities do), there's no reason to have it.


It guarantees it for virtually everyone. I don't use that word lightly either. Waiters and waitresses? Covered. Cashiers? Covered. Minimum wage workers? Covered. Seasonal workers? Covered. Jobs for a company with less than five employees? Covered. Supervisors and managers? Covered.

Employers may only require medical documentation where the employee uses earned sick leave for three or more consecutive days or where the employee's need to use earned sick leave is not foreseeable and the employee seeks to use such earned sick leave during a blackout period.
 
Lusiphur
2023-01-02 7:38:07 PM  

Muta: Lusiphur: Muta: The Dirty Jersey is a sex move involving the butt hole, isn't it?

Everything in Jersey involves an asshole one way or another.

Source: Grew up in Jersey. Still love it.

I'd imagine a Dirty Jersey involves some one getting pounded in the ass while wearing a Devils sweater and eating a hoagie.


A "hogie"? What are you, an Eagles fan? It's a sub!
 
TheMarvelousLibertarian
2023-01-02 8:29:17 PM  
who needs wind when you have coal
 
Flaming Gas Bag
2023-01-02 9:02:28 PM  
The Gothamist should do a bit more research. The nuclear plant they mentioned isn't "partially shuttered" in any way.
 
raygundan
2023-01-02 9:22:33 PM  

Flaming Gas Bag: The Gothamist should do a bit more research. The nuclear plant they mentioned isn't "partially shuttered" in any way.


Yeah, Hope Creek (pictured in article) and Salem (on the same island) are both up and running. Best guess is that when they said "shuttered coal and nuclear power" they meant "(shuttered coal) and nuclear power."
 
clkeagle [BareFark]
2023-01-02 9:34:37 PM  
Please tell me these will be visible from Trump's property...
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2023-01-02 11:01:09 PM  
New Jersey is a nice place. FFS it's the Garden State. People in my (admittedly working class) NYC neighborhood would take vacations in New Jersey.

Stop dumping on New Jersey.
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-02 11:29:38 PM  

mofa: New Jersey is a nice place. FFS it's the Garden State. People in my (admittedly working class) NYC neighborhood would take vacations in New Jersey.

Stop dumping on New Jersey.


We're not dumping on New Jersey. We're dumping in New Jersey.
 
Fissile
2023-01-03 12:29:53 AM  

mofa: New Jersey is a nice place. FFS it's the Garden State. People in my (admittedly working class) NYC neighborhood would take vacations in New Jersey.

Stop dumping on New Jersey.


All in the Family - "Try Jersey!" (1975)
Youtube dJ7X0TOvFIU
 
H31N0US
2023-01-03 6:53:12 AM  

Lusiphur: Everything in Jersey involves an asshole one way or another.


This is the truest thing any of us will read in 2023.
 
Misch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 10:02:56 AM  

Manfred J. Hattan: RubiconBeer:

Defining the success of a blue collar NJ town by the number of functioning diners is...actually, probably pretty accurate.

This is the very same town that hosts the deli with a (former) $100 mm valuation.


Turns out it was a stock manipulation scam.
 
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