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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago

‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel

www.theguardian.com

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‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel

www.theguardian.com

dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago
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Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
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    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      More “wanna get brain damage from coal pollutants?”

      Or, “How about some Black Lung”

  • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world
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    I assume there’s a cartoon where they burn him?

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    This is so embarrassing.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    just waiting for the coalie labubu

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    Just put some eyes on a hunk of coal, and it’s cute! Y’know, for the kids! This is going to save our whole dying industry!

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    As someone who grew up in a mining town I cannot wrap my head around how anyone would want it back. (Money, ofc.)

    We grew up playing in dead, bright orange sulfur creeks that are just now beginning to heal 40 years later.

    We watched our community die from black lung.

    The streets and homes were filthy with black dust.

    Fuck coal.

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    What’s funny is that coal power puts 100x more radiation into the environment than nuclear power.

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      Apparently its also why fish are high in mercury because mercury in burnt coal eventually finds its way to the ocean.

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        It’s not even really an eventually, it’s about a direct as you get. It is exhausted into the sky, gets caught in the water cycle and rains back down to earth.

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        It is also the most serious contributor to acid rain.

        https://www.gem.wiki/Sulfur_dioxide_and_coal

        The EPA estimates that more than 65%, or over 13 million tons per year, of SO2 production in the U.S. comes from electric utilities, 93 percent of which is produced by coal power plants.

    • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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      That is funny!

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    If course it’s also low effort ai slop

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    Now, people are gonna say this is meant to brain-wash children.

    But you see, the lead-brained troglodyte, drooling demented dumb fuck boomer generation that has gleefully and passionately supported Trump through racism and child rape, are cognitively declining at record setting rates.

    This is for them, to be pur on their TVs they don’t know how to use so they can stare at it all slack jawed and stupid while they murmur under their breath and slowly clap their hands together before they have the good graces to finally liberate this planet from their presence already.

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      Ever see one of the arguments on Facebook about removing lead in aviation fuel?

      Half of the comments unintentionally demonstrate why removing lead is a good idea. It’s really amusing, or would be if it wasn’t so sad. “The lead is distributed over a wide area! It’s not a problem!”

      • grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one
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        “the ocean is so big, it can easily accommodate the itty bitty nuclear waste from these minuscule Fukushima meltdowns!”

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        And aviation fuel is not even taxed usually :/ we are so dumb. Meanwhile so many dismantled train and tram tracks all over

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    Jesus… and I thought Towelie was lame.

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      At least Towlie reminds us to bring a towel. That’s actually useful information with no downsides.

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        Douglas Adams taught me that in a much less annoying way.

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    This little guy looks like he’d be introduced to me by Troy McClure.

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      I thought it was a South Park bit.

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        https://southpark.wiki.gg/wiki/Towelie_(Character)

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    Remember when they made Joe Camel illegal because it was appealing to kids, good times

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    Guaranteed this slop was made by the “Conservative Bluey knock-off” dip-shits…

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    Kimmel had a pretty good roast of it but it’s already such a sad satire of itself it was barely necessary

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      Big issue with the state of politics, comedians are basically relegated to just reading the news because it’s already a satire.

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        And that’s on a good day, when they aren’t trying to figure out how to even be humorous around the horrific things they need to talk about.

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          Yeah, can’t really joke about executions in the street.

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    It’s like a joke from The Simpsons for crying out loud

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcH7base6s

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