The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people

Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by hueving on Saturday April 22, 2017 @05:58PM (#14175056)

False dichotomy. That's not how a significant amount of coal is mined. Yet every windmill sticks up into the air as a reminder of human presence.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by Sanddancer on Sunday April 23, 2017 @01:26AM (#14176680)

The smog generated by burning coal gives the air a rather obnoxious brown tinted reminder of human presence.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by j3097736 on Saturday April 22, 2017 @07:45PM (#14175555)

>reminder of human presence.

Still not as bad as a plastic bottle on the ground.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by lkbm on Saturday April 22, 2017 @08:19PM (#14175676)

I think a better comparison would be smog and acid rain. Coal isn't giving us the plastic bottles, but it does negatively impact us in much subtler yet worse ways than a visual reminder.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by zhte415 on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:33AM (#14177168)

You don't inhale plastic bottles.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by mavhc on Sunday April 23, 2017 @07:52AM (#14177791)

Unless you're a fish

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:06AM (#14177093)

If you think really coal pollution is invisible, try visiting China - which, perhaps not coincidentally, is currently rushing headlong towards a fully renewable economy.

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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by hueving on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:47AM (#14177204)

What? I'm talking about a bad generalization made about mining, not coal pollution.

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