The Anonymous Widower

Support For Offshore Wind In New Jersey Drops, Industry Points To Effect Of Misinformation

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The number of New Jersey residents who support offshore wind fell by more than 20 per cent since 2019, from 76 per cent four years ago to just over half (54 per cent) now, and the number of those opposing offshore wind has climbed from 15 per cent to 40 per cent since 2019.

These are the first two paragraphs.

This is according to the results of a poll performed earlier this month by the Monmouth University Polling Institute, which found that 40 per cent of New Jerseyans think offshore wind farms could hurt the state’s summer tourism economy and 45 per cent see a connection between wind energy development and the recent beached whale phenomenon in New Jersey.

Furthermore, only 22 per cent expect the offshore wind industry to create a lot of jobs for the state, with most (55 per cent) saying that a few new jobs would be created and 15 per cent expecting that the industry would not create any new jobs.

It would appear that much of the drop in support has been down to Republicans.

The article is definitely a must-read.

September 1, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Information, New Jersey, Offshore Wind Power, Politics, Wind Power