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canetoad

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3. It is, and an insulting one too

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:33 PM

Feb 15

This used to be a coal town, but the mine was closed 45 years ago. In hot, calm weather such as we're having now, the shale oil seeps almost imperceptibly out of the rocks and can be seem as a faint haze on the surface of rock pools. A reminder of how polluting it is.

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Clean Coal [View all] canetoad Feb 15 OP

Lovely photos. greatauntoftriplets Feb 15 #1

It is, and an insulting one too canetoad Feb 15 #3

That sounds awful. greatauntoftriplets Feb 15 #6

Yes! Love the bonus pix. brer cat Feb 15 #2

I am bc, and hope you are too! canetoad Feb 15 #4

I think the orange asshole really believes they wash the coal to make it "clean." rsdsharp Feb 15 #5