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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months ago

The US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't. | Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then “Coalie” showed up.

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The US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't. | Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then “Coalie” showed up.

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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then "Coalie" showed up.
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  • 5715 ( 5715@feddit.org ) 
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    They had to make it seem cute, because anything else would point to the long history of coal mining unions.

    • TheRealKuni ( TheRealKuni@piefed.social ) 
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      Chernobyl (which I believe this image is from) was such a damn good miniseries.

  • YoiksAndAway ( YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip ) 
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    I did not expect to wake up in a Simpson’s episode this morning.
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    • Lushed_Lungfish ( Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Thing is nuclear is way safer than coal.

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    Coalie has a look in his eyes that screams “help im a victim”. The artist must have based of their kid.

    • mfed1122 ( mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Yeah I enjoy that most of the maga propaganda art looks like trash, which I suspect is because most actual good artists are on the left

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    In the past I warmed myself with a coal fire, now I warm myself with a heat pump. I will stick with the heat pump because I am not a fucking moron.

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    Coalie says “You wanna get high?”

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    Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead. Here is a description of the content: A proper use of AI SLOP

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    deleted by creator

  • jode ( jode@pawb.social ) 
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    So your telling me the dingusus came up with a “coalsona” lolol

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    • GeeDubHayduke ( GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      “You’re the worst character ever, Coalie.”

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    Worst PR firm ever: “I know! We’ll put big eyes a chunk of coal, and it will be cute. Y’know, for the kids! That will save our entire dying industry!”

  • amikulo ( amikulo@slrpnk.net ) 
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    Fuck you coalie!

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮  ( Kolanaki@pawb.social ) 
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      I say we burn him!

      • Someonelol ( Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        No wait don’t that’s what they want! Bury him. Alive.

      • amikulo ( amikulo@slrpnk.net ) 
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        Wait…

        no not that.

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    Coal is stupid, Donnie.

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    AI abomination

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    Coal is cool when its in a musuem

    Otherwise electric >>>

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    Whats funny with coal is im fine if we use it as a base material as long as we don’t burn it. Like as feedstock for carbon fiber. Thing is the industry wants to rip it out full speed and burning it is the only process that uses it fast enough for them.

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      Does industry even want to do that? Seems like it just isn’t worth it given all of the difficulties and expenses involved with using goal. Unless like they want to ban NG for being too woke.

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        Yeah I doubt they do. It goes back to burning is the only way they can sell as quickly as they want to. Its simply and industry that does not care about tommorrow.

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