Pittsburgh's real problems (Beaver Falls, California, Beaver: smog, vacation, work)

[supersoulty]

Originally Posted by suzeeq521

Oh, SS, I hope you didn't think that I was being a smart a** either!

It is just that I am totally and completely sure that they are coal plants.

See, my dad helped build the Homer City plant. He eventually went on to work in all three of the triplets I mentioned. (Shhh, I didn't really grow up right in the city of Pittsburgh, but really not too far away!)

And I do admit - they look nuclear - I swear, the opening credits of The Simpsons could have been "shot" in the small town of Homer City.

I know that after the initial construction, they added "scrubbers" for the exhaust from the plant as they have tried to make efforts to reduce the contaminates in the air. (because, yeah, all coal is all dirty - just a matter of how dirty!)

No... I didn't think you were being one at all. I just didn't want my reply to be misconstrued as being defensive. Interesting... I did not know any of that.

Hopes: Once again, I was unaware that Coal Plants had towers like that. You see, I grew up pretty close to one located in Shawville, PA and it doesn't have those. It's not a small plant by any stretch as is powers a very good chuck of West Central PA. Also, the plant at Shawville billows a lot of smoke, the one at Homer City doesn't. I see it has a lot of CO2 emissions, but it doesnt appear to if you look at it. My mistake.

[RockLobster]

The solo Shippingport nuclear facility was decommissioned in 1982. It has been replaced by The Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant that now has two nuclear reactors. The site is next to the original Shippingport location. The first reactor coming on-line in 1976 and the second in 1986

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by RockLobster

The solo Shippingport nuclear facility was decommissioned in 1982. It has been replaced by The Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant that now has two nuclear reactors. The site is next to the original Shippingport location. The first reactor coming on-line in 1976 and the second in 1986

I stand corrected.

[supersoulty]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

I stand corrected.

Looks like we all learned something today.

And I learned that money and looks aren't everything... personality counts for so much more.

[505ci]

The power plant in Homer City is coal-fired. hundreds of tri-axles haul coal to that plant daily. Wanna become a millionaire in Western PA? Start a trucking company. It would be easy. Buy 3 tri-axles (90-100k apiece), hire 3 full-time CDL drivers, buy a little trailer and use it as a dispatch center, hire someone to run that, get a contract with the power plant (easy), and there you go. You could run 24-7 if you hired 12 drivers. Trucking is big business around here. I've often thought about getting into it myself. The initial overhead is high, but as long as you're organized it's guaranteed big-time bucks!

[supersoulty]

Originally Posted by 505ci

The power plant in Homer City is coal-fired. hundreds of tri-axles haul coal to that plant daily. Wanna become a millionaire in Western PA? Start a trucking company. It would be easy. Buy 3 tri-axles (90-100k apiece), hire 3 full-time CDL drivers, buy a little trailer and use it as a dispatch center, hire someone to run that, get a contract with the power plant (easy), and there you go. You could run 24-7 if you hired 12 drivers. Trucking is big business around here. I've often thought about getting into it myself. The initial overhead is high, but as long as you're organized it's guaranteed big-time bucks!

Well, I guessed that people living around the plant would know what really powered it. By "people around here" I meant people who live 30 miles away, or so who drive past it all the time on the way to Pittsburgh.

[RockLobster]

Hi Pittnurse70... Where in Northern Colorado do you have ties? I was out on the western slope for awhile doing the weather in Grand Junction. I really enjoyed the state as well as the Grand Valley..

[zip95]

Originally Posted by supersoulty

Well, I guessed that people living around the plant would know what really powered it. By "people around here" I meant people who live 30 miles away, or so who drive past it all the time on the way to Pittsburgh.

I travel there frequently. That plant in 5 minutes from IUP.....you can see it clearly from most dorms and everyone know that the plant is coal fired.

[505ci]

I wish the Homer city plant was nuclear. The coal trucks fly and they're dirty. More often than not, the drivers don't properly tarp their loads, so there's coal dust EVERYWHERE on 217. It's really nasty, especially in the winter. Just adds to all the other grime and grit everywhere.

Also, ever notice it's always rainier over toward Homer city and Blairsville/Black Lick? I often suspected the power plant to be the cause of this. All that steam pumped into the atmosphere can't be helping.

[oktaren]

Originally Posted by 505ci

The power plant in Homer City is coal-fired. hundreds of tri-axles haul coal to that plant daily. Wanna become a millionaire in Western PA? Start a trucking company. It would be easy. Buy 3 tri-axles (90-100k apiece), hire 3 full-time CDL drivers, buy a little trailer and use it as a dispatch center, hire someone to run that, get a contract with the power plant (easy), and there you go. You could run 24-7 if you hired 12 drivers. Trucking is big business around here. I've often thought about getting into it myself. The initial overhead is high, but as long as you're organized it's guaranteed big-time bucks!

YAY, lets make the air here even dirtier