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diaryofsnow t1_j8v3xez wrote

I have no idea how to interpret what I'm reading here

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BackItUpWithLinks t1_j8vbv4r wrote

08 Feb 23

It’s a visual if that was approaching 9 days ago and is long gone now

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JimBones31 t1_j8w9xpd wrote

Maybe it's just wider now?

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BackItUpWithLinks t1_j8weqf7 wrote

That’s not how weather works

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JimBones31 t1_j8wf1ii wrote

I was thinking because the wreck is still producing so much pollution. I'm aware the weather would have otherwise carried the initial stuff away.

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hellocutiepye t1_j8xc78p wrote

Is it?

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JimBones31 t1_j8xcbq3 wrote

Is it still producing pollution? Yeah.

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hellocutiepye t1_j8xfxq6 wrote

But it's not still burning, so how is it producing air pollution? I know it's in the water and that has an impact on the food chain, etc.

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JimBones31 t1_j8xi7he wrote

Burning or not, it's still venting out into the air.

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hellocutiepye t1_j8xo1fj wrote

I don't have a technical degree, but do you mean there are trace chemicals in the tanks or soil that are off gassing?

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JimBones31 t1_j8xohuj wrote

Yes. Like, things don't have to be burning to be polluting. If you've ever pumped gasoline and smelled it in the air, that's "venting into the atmosphere" but not burning.

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MosskeepForest t1_j90c89i wrote

That's the fun part of American environmental safety reporting... it usually comes in the form of "surprise! you were poisoned a while ago!!" haha.

So many of these things aren't going to kill you straight out, instead you just get spikes in cancer rates in towns for decades and government / companies insisting "that could be from anything" (if people ever question it).

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