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0 pointsbob10292mo ago0 comments

How tall are the stacks at the combined cycle plant compared to the ones at the xAI datacenter?

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/xai-datacen...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uPkQtSQzMZC3rPZB6

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Seriously this: smoke stacks are a carefully engineered structure specially to ensure air emissions diffuse and don't roll along the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYdt4T76mk

You absolutely cannot park a bunch of truck mounted generators next to an existing plant and go "yeah it won't make a difference".

rossjudson2mo ago

Once, when I was a child, I remember the carefully engineered smoke stacks in Sudbury Ontario spilling out acrid smoke sideways, and then straight down into the town.

Back then, Sudbury looked like Mars.

black_puppydog2mo ago

So you're saying when not done properly, emissions have very direct negative impact on the surrounding community. Did I get that right?

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