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I grew up 15 miles away from a large natural gas power plant, but could rarely see it. Now that it is long since closed I can see its smokestacks almost every d
by rz2k 3y ago
I grew up 15 miles away from a large natural gas power plant, but could rarely see it. Now that it is long since closed I can see its smokestacks almost every day, and now I also can see the mountain range that used to be perpetually hidden that is 30 miles away. To me those smokestacks serve as a monument to the progress that has been made over the past few decades.
- noselasd 3y agowhy are there smoke coming of the plant if it's closed ? I'm not quite following what you're actually meaning to say here
- gavanm 3y agoI suspect rz2k means that when the plant was operating, they couldn’t even see the towers because of the smoke/smog. Now that it is closed, and there is no smoke - they can see not just the towers, they now see a long way behind them as well.
- matthiasl 3y agoThere's no smoke coming out. Best guess: you're confused by the word "smokestack". Smokestack is a synonym for chimney. The power station is closed. The chimneys are still there, but there's no smoke coming out of them.
- ljf 3y agoSmokestack is the names for a chimney. He's saying in the past general smoke in the area means he couldn't see the chimneys or beyond, but now the site is decommissioned (and I assume other heavy industries have gone), the air quality is better and he can see from the rhet.