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Peter du Toit (peterdutoit@mastodon.green)'s status on Sunday, 17-Aug-2025 23:32:59 JST Peter du Toit

The cooling towers of the Nottinghamshire coal power plant, which operated 1968-2019 and was responsible for approximately ~400 million tonnes (MtCO₂) going into the atmosphere (and which will remain there for 300 to 1,000 years) were demolished Aug 14th.
Damage done.
But satisfying to see this!
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqle96yxd1vo
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1. Landmark cooling towers at a decommissioned power station in Nottinghamshire have been demolished. Contractors said the flattening of the eight 114m (375ft) structures at Cottam Power Station was the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out.
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  Watch: Every angle of largest cooling tower collapse at Cottam Power Station
  
  Contractors say the flattening of eight structures was the largest ever simultaneous demolition of cooling towers.

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