A 6 year old boy asked me I had no answer.

  • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    From Pittsburgh l, grew up across the river from a coke plant. If you’ve read an article on US Steel being sold recently it’s likely got stock footage from the plant.

    But it never stops. These facilties run 24/7. In fact a lot of the ovens can break if they’re not running.

    And then there’s the fact that the hills bottle things in (PGH sits at the base of the Appalachians). It gets really bad when there is a temperature inversion over the area.

    It’s not as bad as it used to be though. Dad’s generation always talked of how the snow would be dirty after a few hours, which I don’t really see.