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> Does mining and burning ~98 tons of coal will lead to >1 bird deaths? Very unlikely. 100 tonnes of coal is order of magnitude one excavator scoop.
by roenxi 2y ago
> Does mining and burning ~98 tons of coal will lead to >1 bird deaths?
Very unlikely. 100 tonnes of coal is order of magnitude one excavator scoop.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThat's a really big scoop...
- gottorf 2y agoMining rigs can be big! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288
- manwe150 2y agoBut also seems to be technically 18 individual scoops on that machine. Though 240k tonnes in 1 day as capacity…
- roenxi 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muskie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muskie if you want the one-scoop equivalent. Although I doubt that mined coal directly.
- roenxi 2y agoIt is like all those different knives you get at fancy dinners. Small scoop for ice cream, big scoop for running an efficient industrial society. I'm not clear on what the medium scoop does.