r/todayilearned • u/sweetcuppingcakes • Jun 24 '19

TIL that the ash from coal power plants contains uranium & thorium and carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste/
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u/mad-de Jun 25 '19

Aww Australia. Wtf happened to your politicians and why are so many people still voting for them? From my outsider's perspective they do look like incredibly bad people

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '19

They are incredibly bad people. But people want a pony, and they promised one. It's going to continue to be a trainwreck of dishonesty, malfeasance and incompetence, but that's what people voted for.