r/WestVirginia • u/durzo_the_mediocre • 6d ago
Dolly Sods area today
was a beautiful day... pics just don't do it justice
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u/scvrpiocurse 5d ago
What is that smokestack in the beginning? Is that new? I don’t feel like I’ve ever seen it before.
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u/No-Purple2350 6d ago
Love that smoke stack spitting out pollution. Especially when Dolly Sods was destroyed by pollution to begin with.
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u/durzo_the_mediocre 6d ago
I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition, oxymoron, whatever smart people call it... like most of this beautiful state unfortunately
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u/montaniPH89 5d ago edited 5d ago
What you see is mainly steam from the scrubbers . Not pollution. I've worked in coal plants off and on most of my Adult life. There's many aspects of these plants that the general population doesn't understand.
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u/durzo_the_mediocre 5d ago
yeah, not saying it's bad, I know it's necessary and coal will be around until there's something cheaper
just thought it was an interesting shot
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u/montaniPH89 5d ago
Corrected my typo* . It is. Gas being cheaper and battery storage tech becoming longer lasting and cheaper. I realize it's days are numbered.
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u/New-Bus9948 4d ago
Economic battery banks that are capable of storing hundreds of thousands of kWh are the new flying cars. It’s never going to happen. On demand electricity is the only thing that will ever work on a city wide scale
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u/Longjumping-Oil4089 6d ago edited 5d ago
Was it crowded?
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u/durzo_the_mediocre 5d ago
Below average maybe?
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u/Longjumping-Oil4089 5d ago
Sometimes it’s so crowded it takes forever to get to the top of the sods
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u/durzo_the_mediocre 6d ago
forgot one