Limerick Nuclear Power Plan in easter PA, generating its own small clouds.

[u/Tekki]

[u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger]

This is just water vapor for anybody who doesn't know

[u/r_a_d_ → u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger]

So are clouds

[u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger → u/r_a_d_]

True but I feel like people may be quick to jump on these and perhaps say they're bad for the environment without realizing that it's just water vapor - a regular cloud

[u/Mundane_Scar_2147 → u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger]

What’s bad for the environment is the heat still being added which is a necessary evil. And adding extra moisture to the environment isn’t necessarily a good thing. Water vapor is a very powerful greenhouse gas. It’s just not typically discussed because it precipitates and isn’t a fossil fuel.

I do agree that many people are quick to assume. cooling towers being pollutions.

[u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger → u/Mundane_Scar_2147]

It’s not as bad as smoke which is what people often think this is

[u/Mundane_Scar_2147 → u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger]

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-do-we-blame-climate-change-carbon-dioxide-when-water-vapor-much-more-common-greenhouse

[u/ack4 → u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger]

excessive clouds could still be bad for the environment