• pedz@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Studies show that ash from coal power plants contains significant quantities of arsenic, lead, thallium, mercury, uranium and thorium. To generate the same amount of electricity, a coal power plant gives off at least ten times more radiation than a nuclear power plant.

    Oh well!

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      7 months ago

      Far more relevant is that coal can’t be used for agile power production, and domestic reserves are rapidly running out. And it can’t substitute for lack of cheap oil and gas for the same reason nuclear and renewable power can’t.

      I’m leaving out greenhouse gas emissions because their actions show that nobody cares. At most it’s PR for the gullible.