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Drax Pumps Out More Pollution than Any Other Company, but Climate Protesters are the Criminals? (www.thecanary.co)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What is the media's obsession with cooling towers? Anything nuclear, cooling tower. Chemical company? Cooling tower.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They look dystopian

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they look cool. They’re hyperbolic!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I do too FWIW, but big brutalist concrete constructions definitely give dystopian vibes imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How in the world is a zero emissions engineering marvel dystopian?! You know what the long terms effects of cooling towers are? If feels more humid down wind!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Look dystopian, not are dystopian. They're big grey concrete towers, now I personally dig the look, but it's hard to get away from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Anything can be made to look dystopian with correct filters, angles and (for video format) ominous music

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Because they look like large outlets of coloured air.

Coloured air coming out of an something is the default way of depicting air pollution.
Even if it is just water vapour, it has a big enough shock factor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

They're artificial volcanoes/geysers.