• Meron35@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Sadly from personal experience, no, the general public does not know that coal power plants work by burning coal to boil water, and are horrified at how trashy the concept is.

      High-key a great way to persuade them to support renewables. Associate coal with the image of people in underdeveloped countries burning fossil fuels in their own homes to exploit their own preconceived biases.

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        54 minutes ago

        Alternatively you can depict it as filthy and Victorian. Something that was once an improvement, but these days really only belongs in a museum. You can compare it to child labor and accurately point out that the Victorian era was grimy and disgusting because of how much coal was burned then.

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      21 hours ago

      Much of North America has enjoyed electricity steady enough not to think much past don’t wiz on the electric fence.

      That was a multi-generational achievement.

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        11 hours ago

        *stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past

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        20 hours ago

        Deep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’

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          unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’.

          I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).