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[–] Omgarm 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a great milestone to reach!

[–] TheTechnician27 23 points 3 months ago

Fantastic for the health of the surrounding community too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Coal is on it's deathbed the world over.

With the price solar and batteries are going gas is going to be dead very soon in places that don't have European winter solar potential.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Coal is used in steel and plastics. It's not going anywhere

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Yeah, but from the two billion tonnes a year of steel that's produced, about five percent is carbon added to iron, and about half of that remains in the final product, so that's about fifty million tonnes released to atmosphere. Whereas about three and a half billion tonnes of coal was burned for power, and that all ends up in the air. A seventy-fold reduction is quite significant; means we can selectively close the higher-sulfur-content mines for an even better improvement in air quality.

[–] randon31415 2 points 3 months ago

Coal? But I thought the article said it was a Soar Power Station? Oh...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

More coal for China to burn manufacturing disposable junk for us to buy!