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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by refurb on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:18PM (#32122078)
Long ago I worked at a massive plant that had its own power station (electricity and steam), fired by coal.

It had its own rail line to bring in coal. When you drove in you’d drive by a pile of coal about 50 ft high.

We got a tour of the power plant and it had recently been upgraded in terms of efficiency and emissions.

Pretty sure it’s been shutdown now.

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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by krallja on Sunday July 17, 2022 @11:23AM (#32127589)
In Winston-Salem, NC, the tobacco company had its own coal power plant (with train line running through). It’s a chocolate shop, pizzeria, and brewery, with a very large patio now. The “RJR Tob. Co” smokestack is lit up with RGB LEDs.
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by Fargoan on Saturday July 16, 2022 @11:30PM (#32124244)
North Dakota State University still has something like that. It's kind of cute.

Found this article about it

https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/business/coal-is-king-on-n...

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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by 8bitsrule on Sunday July 17, 2022 @08:09PM (#32132928)
Good old "Moo U".
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