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G7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 years (theprogressplaybook.com)
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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The only problem will be the right wingers who complain.

Here in Australia, many trainee pilots actually fly near a coal power plant as part of their first nav training. You can smell it LONG before you're anywhere near it. I seriously don't think people realise just how bad Coal is, and how far the pollution stretches for (if they did, they'd immediately change their mind and want to dump it)

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I used to live close to a coal power plant in Germany and there were never any smells, so now I wonder don't they use filters in Australia?

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

You don't notice them on the ground. But, up in the air in a light aircraft, you can follow the smell long before you can see the power plant