Coal Cooling Towers Come Crashing Down (VIDEOS)

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As clean energy options like wind and solar grow around the world, coal-fired power plants are being shut down. Perhaps the most deadly industry in the history of humankind (one of the deadliest, at least) is losing to clean wind and clean solar in the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Capturing that in a unique way, here’s a wonderful slow motion video of some coal-fired power plant cooling towers getting blown up (thanks to Peter Sinclair for the share):

Of course, this video immediately made me think of this even cooler video of coal and nuclear towers (made to look like living beings) coming crashing down:



 
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