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Aethenil t1_jcqovep wrote

I'm not gonna act like all those pipes and stuff aren't visually cool. To me at least.

Obviously not a fan of what it's doing to the area though. Feels like all our opposition has been proven right in a short amount of time.

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Slight-Ad-3306 t1_jcqxlm9 wrote

It is really pretty driving up on it at night, notwithstanding the pollution and what not

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artful_todger_502 t1_jcrkyai wrote

I'm a huge environmentalist now, but my dad was in steel in the 60s, and when you were on the south side looking over the river at the Mills that were going 24/7 back then, it was very impressive as a kid. All the flames shooting up in the air, crazy lights and reflections on the Monongahela, it was a really visceral experience for a little rug demon. I don't remember a lot now, but that is etched into my memory.

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Shorthawk t1_jcr5vo6 wrote

And they're still apparently trying to get through the process of funding one closer to where I live. Wonder if how things have gone for this plant will affect any. (I used to live in the PGH area in my teens. Currently live like 2 hours south along the Ohio River)

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01Arjuna t1_jcrxq3a wrote

There was talk about putting one in across from Moundsville, WV (Dilles Bottom, OH) where the old power plant used to be. It seems like it has been forever delayed.

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Ordinary_Pain1848 t1_jcyu4ky wrote

Yeah, I’d say i don’t think we will ever see that plant come to fruition. They did all the ground work to prep for it. When PTTGCA’s investment partner Daelim Chemical USA of South Korea withdrew everything kind of went cold. Nothing new has really been reported on in the last year or so.

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01Arjuna t1_jczob6b wrote

It's a shame they did all that work to tear out the power plant and then it doesn't get used for anything.

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Ordinary_Pain1848 t1_jczvxwl wrote

Yeah, always sucks to see a cool old power station bite the dust. Sure would’ve been a cool museum but i imagine it would’ve been hard to really convert into any sort of museum.

It was an older, smaller coal fired power plant, only producing 568MW. The plant was decommissioned in 2011, demolition began in 2015 and was completed in 2016.

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pAul2437 t1_jcrh2va wrote

What’s it doing to the area?

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Numerous-Two-7550 t1_jctocwx wrote

Massive air pollution that you can smell taste drink and breath

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pAul2437 t1_jctzyvn wrote

You experienced this personally?

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Numerous-Two-7550 t1_jcue8hs wrote

Yes? Is this a joke? You’re clearly not from here.

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pAul2437 t1_jcukq5u wrote

I’m not from beaver. Pittsburgh is affected by clairton Coke works though

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dalnee t1_jcrstnc wrote

Have you heard about the plants -St Joe,, Horsehead that were there before them? Fucking Chernobyl

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