4 ms·

Amazing what industry is permitted to do in the name of progress (or profit). You have a highly polluting process with byproducts you don't want to deal with, s

Amazing what industry is permitted to do in the name of progress (or profit). You have a highly polluting process with byproducts you don't want to deal with, so you just spread them out into the atmosphere for everyone else to suffer from. Oceans, ponds, atmosphere, groundwater, damn it all.

cainxinth 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
nickelcitymario 4y ago
This is in my home town and my first job out of high school was giving tours of the various mining sites for tourists. I can tell you the official story was at the time it was believed that if you send the pollution high enough, it wouldn’t lead to so much damage. For context, prior to the super stack, ore was refined by burning huge fields (the size of football fields) of crushed ore to separate the metals. The result is why Sudbury is known for barren black rock. We later won international awards for our regreening efforts. Does that mean I think the stack was a good idea or fair to the world? No. But I do think it was understandable. Today, something like 99% of the “smoke” is actually steam, because they’ve done such a good job of filtering the smoke that they needed to pump steam in to get it to reach the top of the stack. They’ve also been talking about decommissioning and tearing it down for years, but it’s somewhat beloved as a major landmark.
itsoktocry 4y ago
>Amazing what industry is permitted to do in the name of progress (or profit). Was permitted to do. Did you read this part: "In addition to further reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 85 per cent, the decommissioning of the stack is expected to cut the complex's natural gas consumption in half." We need to stop judging the past by today's standards, and focus on the progress we actually make.
- tejohnso 4y ago
  Today's standard? How about vast, deep destruction threatening land and people. Among the most climate-polluting sources of oil. Output expected to climb into the 2030s. "“It’s just the most completely ludicrous approach to industrial and energy development that is possible, given everything we know about the impact on ecosystems, the impact on climate,” said Dale Marshall, national program manager with Environmental Defence, a Canadian advocacy group."" https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada-oil/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada... Today's standard is the same as yesterday's standard. Profit and exploitation first. Downplay and externalize unpleasant impact.

cainxinth 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

nickelcitymario 4y ago

This is in my home town and my first job out of high school was giving tours of the various mining sites for tourists. I can tell you the official story was at the time it was believed that if you send the pollution high enough, it wouldn’t lead to so much damage. For context, prior to the super stack, ore was refined by burning huge fields (the size of football fields) of crushed ore to separate the metals. The result is why Sudbury is known for barren black rock. We later won international awards for our regreening efforts. Does that mean I think the stack was a good idea or fair to the world? No. But I do think it was understandable. Today, something like 99% of the “smoke” is actually steam, because they’ve done such a good job of filtering the smoke that they needed to pump steam in to get it to reach the top of the stack. They’ve also been talking about decommissioning and tearing it down for years, but it’s somewhat beloved as a major landmark.

itsoktocry 4y ago

>Amazing what industry is permitted to do in the name of progress (or profit). Was permitted to do. Did you read this part: "In addition to further reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 85 per cent, the decommissioning of the stack is expected to cut the complex's natural gas consumption in half." We need to stop judging the past by today's standards, and focus on the progress we actually make.

tejohnso 4y ago
Today's standard? How about vast, deep destruction threatening land and people. Among the most climate-polluting sources of oil. Output expected to climb into the 2030s. "“It’s just the most completely ludicrous approach to industrial and energy development that is possible, given everything we know about the impact on ecosystems, the impact on climate,” said Dale Marshall, national program manager with Environmental Defence, a Canadian advocacy group."" https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada-oil/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada... Today's standard is the same as yesterday's standard. Profit and exploitation first. Downplay and externalize unpleasant impact.