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Drax Pumps Out More Pollution than Any Other Company, but Climate Protesters are the Criminals? (www.thecanary.co)
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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What is the media's obsession with cooling towers? Anything nuclear, cooling tower. Chemical company? Cooling tower.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They look dystopian

[–] featured@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they look cool. They’re hyperbolic!

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I do too FWIW, but big brutalist concrete constructions definitely give dystopian vibes imo.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How in the world is a zero emissions engineering marvel dystopian?! You know what the long terms effects of cooling towers are? If feels more humid down wind!

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Look dystopian, not are dystopian. They're big grey concrete towers, now I personally dig the look, but it's hard to get away from.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Anything can be made to look dystopian with correct filters, angles and (for video format) ominous music

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago

Because they look like large outlets of coloured air.

Coloured air coming out of an something is the default way of depicting air pollution.
Even if it is just water vapour, it has a big enough shock factor.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They're artificial volcanoes/geysers.