MDM,

Don't you know replies to these types of posts require a rebuttal that contains no facts at all, never mind ones backed by science.

A few comments:

The oil fired Kearney station was decommissioned. However, a number of gas turbines used for reactive and peak loading have been installed.

Carbon in the form of CO2 is not a pollutant. Increasing CO2 greatly improves (with very few exceptions) plant growth. In particular C3 plants such as tomatoes. An extra 300 ppm of CO2 will generally increase tomato growth by about 30%. I have measured CO2 levels (+-50 ppm accuracy) up to 750 ppm in Jersey City.

Slightly more than 1/2 the power generated in NJ comes from nuclear. These plants are getting a bit long in the tooth and will likely be decommissioned in the coming years. Somehow I seriously doubt these groups harping on "carbon pollution" are advocating building the new generation of nukes or pursuing tech like thorium molten salt reactors.

Temperature trends are in a cooling trend. Warm periods have been very good for the human race in societal and population growth. Global cooling.. not so much. Depopulation events such as the Bronze age collapse, collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the plague of Justinian, and the bubonic plague were all preceded by cooling events.

Sandy storm size was increased due to the interaction with a cold front. The largest historically known storm to hit NYC happened during the later part of the Little Ice Age.

PSEG's Jersey City generating station called fourth worst of state?s five worst polluting plants

By Joseph R. Vena/The Jersey Journal
September 11, 2013 at 11:34 AM

PSEG?s Hudson Generating Station in Jersey City is among the state?s five worst polluting plants, according to a report released yesterday.

The plant, which puts out 1,760,636 metric tons of carbon pollution each year, is the fourth worst, according to the report on carbon pollution emitted by New Jersey power plants issued by Environment New Jersey Research & Policy Center.

The group released its report yesterday at the foot of Duncan Avenue, overlooking PSEG?s Kearny Generating Station.

PSEG?s Bergen Generating Station in Ridgefield and Linden Generating Station in Linden, Cogen Technologies? Linden Cogen Plant in Linden and Red Oak Power LLC in Sayreville also made the top five. They all exceed one million metric tons of pollution each year, according to the report.

Dan DeRosa, field organizer for Environment New Jersey, was joined by state Sens. Barbara Buono and Sandra Cunningham and Carolyn Fefferman, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez?s senior advisor.

They stressed the power plants? effect on the environment and called for action in reducing their emissions.

?If we want a cleaner, safer future for our kids, we can?t afford to ignore power plants? overwhelming contribution to global warming,? said DeRosa. ?For New Jersey and America, tackling the problem means cleaning up the dirtiest power plants.?

The approach of Hurricane Sandy?s one-year anniversary sparked dialogue on the connection between extreme weather events and carbon pollution, as Environment New Jersey claims that scientists predict that these events will become more frequent and severe.

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... ey_city_generating_s.html