This city is almost ready for the scrap heap (“Power Politics,” Adam Brodsky, Post- Opinion, March 28).
When we refuse to build new power stations, or modernize existing ones, we are sowing the seeds of our own shortages.
In about 10 years, our energy needs will far exceed our energy output here in NYC.
We will then be forced to cut back on our energy use voluntarily or suffer brownouts.
By that time, I will be safely and comfortably residing in some warm-weather state with no state income tax or fear of building for the future.
Charlie Honadel
Staten Island
Adam Brodsky does an excellent job giving the salient points and consequences of the most recent dystopian decision by the Siting Board.
One grace note was missing: When TGE filed its “Scoping Statement,” required by PSC law to start the Article X process, the Bayside Fuel property was zoned for heavy industrial development.
The city cynically included the property in its rezoning plan as part of its strategy to defeat the project.
Shame on Amanda Burden.
Mark Sindeband
Katonah
Do New Yorkers want to be beholden to Canadian power plants for their juice?
If so, then they had better open their wallets even more, or New York will lose its trademark of “the city that never sleeps” for “the city that just won’t wake up.”
Lee Anthony Nieves
Charlotte, NC
Brodsky’s point of view is incorrect.
The city, elected officials, the community and now the Siting Board agree that the idea to put a power plant on the Bushwick Inlet is a bad one. The money and power of corporations and developers do not equal good planning.
More and more, it is being found that community-based planning is the way to go.
The city is beginning to work more closely with communities and to find long-standing solutions for problems that face this city.
This is a waterfront community; if you’ve ever watched Al Gore’s prize-winning film on the subject, you’d understand that this community faces severe flooding threats in the future.
What better way to address it than to add waterfront parkland that boasts wetland restoration?
You need to start thinking outside the box and a little further than your kitchen light switch.
Laura Hofmann
Greenpoint