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That's only about half their waste, the other half gets put into man made ash ponds that eventually become superfund sites, or leak into rivers and cause massiv
by ryathal 6y ago
That's only about half their waste, the other half gets put into man made ash ponds that eventually become superfund sites, or leak into rivers and cause massive damage.
- dredmorbius 6y agoRough numbers, but I get 917 million tons of coal consumed in the US (2014) and 130 million tons of fly ash (2014), or roughly 14% of the total input. Still a lot, and nasty stuff, but less than half, to pick a nit. https://www.worldometers.info/coal/us-coal/ https://www.worldometers.info/coal/us-coal/ https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-basics https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-basics