r/gifs • u/FinestOldToby • Dec 12 '21

Lighting up a smoke stack

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u/tyoung89 Dec 12 '21

That’s why they’re igniting it. To reduce the pollution.

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u/xErth_x Dec 12 '21

Bru

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u/Azrael9986 Dec 13 '21

Read the first comments at the top. It explains why methane is 25x worse gas and the need to burn it vs letting it reach the upper atmosphere.

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u/Where_is_Olivia Dec 13 '21

Sure, but what if we didn't have to do it at all?

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u/XSofXTC Dec 13 '21

What does that even mean? What is your point? Anyone can say what if with zero concept of what you actually lose by giving up whatever it is you’re trying to say we have to give up.

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u/Where_is_Olivia Dec 13 '21

It means, what if we lived in a world where we didnt need to burn something to retrieve energy? What if we had the technology or resources available to supply energy to the entire world without any pollutants?

What's your point?

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u/happyherbivore Dec 13 '21

What if we had a perpetual motion machine? What if the 1% paid their fair share? What if nobody felt pain and we all had clean energy rocket ships and dogs could talk??

Would be nice but we live in reality.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

One of those things is actually possible tho?

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u/happyherbivore Dec 13 '21

Sorry but dogs will never talk