Comments on: Smokestack Pollution. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:19:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mattymatt http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60486 mattymatt Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:31:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60486 By itself, the steam probably isn't causing much climate change. But I wonder if the plant beneath it produces other, more harmful byproducts. By itself, the steam probably isn't causing much climate change. But I wonder if the plant beneath it produces other, more harmful byproducts.

]]> By: bildo baggins http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60464 bildo baggins Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:39:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60464 I have operated nuclear power plants for years. Nothing is cleaner and more efficient, and STEAM is not pollution in any way at all. I am very tired of environmentalists opposing these plants when every efficient alternative is MUCH more invasive and destructive. I have operated nuclear power plants for years. Nothing is cleaner and more efficient, and STEAM is not pollution in any way at all. I am very tired of environmentalists opposing these plants when every efficient alternative is MUCH more invasive and destructive.

]]> By: yayo http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60413 yayo Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:27:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60413 Yup in a coal plant nearby they use steam to move their turbines and the resulting hot water also irrigates greenhouses. Yup in a coal plant nearby they use steam to move their turbines and the resulting hot water also irrigates greenhouses.

]]> By: Tim http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60400 Tim Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:47:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60400 ROFLMAO!! All this fuss over water vapor. It is steam on a foggy morning. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. http://www.junkscience.com ROFLMAO!!

All this fuss over water vapor. It is steam on a foggy morning. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

http://www.junkscience.com

]]> By: NeonCat http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60380 NeonCat Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:50:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60380 I hate to be the bearer of bad news but serious electrical energy production has pollution as a consequence. Yes, yes, wind, tidal, geothermal and solar have minimum impact (so far) but they are dwarfed in terms of output by fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric production. Hydro has problems with silting, environmental impact and methane, I believe, while fossil fuel plants dump greenhouse gases (including CO2 with radioactive Carbon 14 in it) into the atmosphere. Personally, I wouldn't be bothered a bit if a well designed and well built nuclear plant was in my back yard. My real question, in looking at the photo, is to wonder if there isn't a way to get energy out of all that heat being dumped into the atmosphere, or pipe the steam to a town to use for heating. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but serious electrical energy production has pollution as a consequence. Yes, yes, wind, tidal, geothermal and solar have minimum impact (so far) but they are dwarfed in terms of output by fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric production. Hydro has problems with silting, environmental impact and methane, I believe, while fossil fuel plants dump greenhouse gases (including CO2 with radioactive Carbon 14 in it) into the atmosphere. Personally, I wouldn't be bothered a bit if a well designed and well built nuclear plant was in my back yard.

My real question, in looking at the photo, is to wonder if there isn't a way to get energy out of all that heat being dumped into the atmosphere, or pipe the steam to a town to use for heating.

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60348 Lasse Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:12:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60348 Cooling towers and hot water can seriously alter the environment by changing the temperature thereby changing the life conditions for flora and fauna around the site. And it produces nuclear waste too. Cooling towers and hot water can seriously alter the environment by changing the temperature thereby changing the life conditions for flora and fauna around the site. And it produces nuclear waste too.

]]> By: yayo http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60219 yayo Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:19:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60219 I work beside some of those towers ^^. Nearby there's a coal power plant and it produces a lot of smoke BUT, a nuclear plant won't produce polution at all. Keep quiet, it's only hot water. Here's a really nice image of one abandoned steam cooling tower... they've installed a museum in it http://www.andarines.com/asturias/barros/S00REG~1.jpg I work beside some of those towers ^^. Nearby there's a coal power plant and it produces a lot of smoke BUT, a nuclear plant won't produce polution at all. Keep quiet, it's only hot water.

Here's a really nice image of one abandoned steam cooling tower... they've installed a museum in it

http://www.andarines.com/asturias/barros/S00REG~1.jpg

]]> By: Andy Minnis http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60213 Andy Minnis Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:08:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60213 Beaten to it as well - it is just steam, but it is indicative of a very active power station that will be pumping out pollution in ways that can't be seen in this photo. Whichever way you intepret it, it's a stunning image! Beaten to it as well - it is just steam, but it is indicative of a very active power station that will be pumping out pollution in ways that can't be seen in this photo. Whichever way you intepret it, it's a stunning image!

]]> By: Kevin Krinn http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60184 Kevin Krinn Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:43:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60184 beat me to it... beat me to it...

]]> By: Kevin Krinn http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60183 Kevin Krinn Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:43:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60183 Actually if that is a Nuclear Power plant, which it appears to be, those are just cooling towers. Then what you are seeing is steam and water vapors, not pollution. That's why they say nuclear power is clearer. It is for the air but it still produces pollution in the form of barrels of nuclear waste that has to be buried somewhere. Actually if that is a Nuclear Power plant, which it appears to be, those are just cooling towers. Then what you are seeing is steam and water vapors, not pollution. That's why they say nuclear power is clearer. It is for the air but it still produces pollution in the form of barrels of nuclear waste that has to be buried somewhere.

]]> By: Jeff Foltz http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-60180 Jeff Foltz Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:37:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/smokestack-pollution/#comment-60180 Those are cooling towers - what's coming out of them is STEAM. Those are cooling towers - what's coming out of them is STEAM.

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