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minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 year agoMy asthma winces at the very idea. I saw a bumper sticker in the US some years ago that said “Coal keeps the lights on”, well, I guess, but so do other things that aren’t carcinogenic.
minus-squareWilly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoHmm. Sun, oil, nuclear, um… maybe wind isn’t carcinogenic.
minus-squaretbird83ii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWater, although it has other impacts.
minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDifferent flavors of water power as well. Tidal (not really a functioning thing yet, but still), river dams, and geothermal.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI live in West Virginia dude. The DMV sells black license plates that say “Friends of Coal”. There aren’t half as many as I saw in my youth though.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoUnfortunately we have a dependency on products like steel and cement as well.
minus-squareCrayonRosary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think you totally missed the point. No one “grows up in a coal mine”.
My asthma winces at the very idea. I saw a bumper sticker in the US some years ago that said “Coal keeps the lights on”, well, I guess, but so do other things that aren’t carcinogenic.
Hmm. Sun, oil, nuclear, um… maybe wind isn’t carcinogenic.
Water, although it has other impacts.
Different flavors of water power as well. Tidal (not really a functioning thing yet, but still), river dams, and geothermal.
I live in West Virginia dude. The DMV sells black license plates that say “Friends of Coal”. There aren’t half as many as I saw in my youth though.
Unfortunately we have a dependency on products like steel and cement as well.
I think you totally missed the point. No one “grows up in a coal mine”.