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[deleted] t1_ixewd0z wrote

I really wish we would spend money in the US to help clean up this sort of stuff. I'm not sure the solution maybe moving this sort of plant to a more remote area or what. We can send 100+ billion to ukraine, but we can't help our own here, really seems off to me.

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chuckie512 t1_ixff0cl wrote

Electric arc is the way of the future for steel. It's well understand and there's many designs already in use for it.

Except, the cost of conversion is less than the cost of just continuing to pollute, so US steel's board would literally be able to be held personally liable to the shareholders to change.

This is the current US system.

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[deleted] t1_ixfw8mh wrote

I'm not really sure I understand the furnace type being a pollutant. US Steel uses natural gas furnaces. That isn't what is causing the pollution.

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chuckie512 t1_ixfwo6c wrote

Electric arc furnaces at least can be fully turned off during idle periods, and during inversions. The current furnaces have to hot idle.

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[deleted] t1_ixgf58n wrote

Still not really seeing your point of the pollution that is occurring.

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chuckie512 t1_ixh9kk3 wrote

You don't see how being able to manufacture to meet demand would affect the pollution when compared to losing money anytime your plant isn't running full-steam? And how that would affect the whole supply chain?

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[deleted] t1_ixhmyil wrote

I'm honestly not even sure what you are talking about at this moment, you went from pushing electric arc as some sort of reason there is polution to something else and I can't follow.

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412gage t1_ixex4mf wrote

You're looking at this at an extremely surface-level POV. You just mentioned moving the plant somewhere else, not possible, let alone feasible.

Money is very much being spent on this but there's so many levels that you don't see immediate effects, especially at this level.

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[deleted] t1_ixfw3tg wrote

Anything is feasible with enough money. 100 billion would go a long way in this country.

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412gage t1_ixh45jb wrote

And that's why bills are being passed on a semi-frequent basis and include items pertaining to environmental efforts.

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Willow-girl t1_ixh2gnv wrote

How much are you willing to chip in?

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[deleted] t1_ixhor4w wrote

I mean I pay 60k a year in federal income taxes already, so maybe take a little of that. They were able to send 100 billion so far to ukraine, and I didn't agree to any of that.

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Willow-girl t1_ixjon79 wrote

Good of you to be willing to put your money where your mouth is.

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