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ENVGALLERY NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2003: Drax is a large
coal-fired power station located near Selby in North Yorkshire,
England. It provides 7% of the electrical power required by Britain.
Although it generates around 1.5 million tonnes of ash and 22.8
million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, Drax is the most carbon
efficient coal-fired powerplant in the UK. In 2005 Drax produced 20.8
million tonnes of carbon dioxide. The Times newspaper reported that
this is more than the total amount produced by 103 of the world's
small unindustrialized nations. By comparison, vehicles in the UK
emitted 91 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Drax is the biggest
single source of carbon dioxide in the UK. (Photo by Jason
Hawkes/Reportage by Getty Images)
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pacorroncas, mofo4444, John Bosma, and Ecopolitologist added this photo to their favorites.
citta-vita [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)
amazing image
gtbarnes, umar.s, and davidrogersmm added this photo to their favorites.
GeneralTao (38 months ago | reply)
frightening great image
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Ross Tucknott (33 months ago | reply)
The plumes of smoke are simply awesome - in a depressing way!
I've used the image in a blog post about how energy efficiency makes Drax redundant at Energy-Saving News.
Keep up the good images!
pirr added this photo to her favorites. (33 months ago)
aurelio madrid (33 months ago | reply)
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aurelio madrid added this photo to their favorites. (33 months ago)
rmcgervey (32 months ago | reply)
holy bejesus.... insanity...don't forget the mercury,.,,
tharbottle (30 months ago | reply)
I've used your photo on a blog post titled The Trillion Dollar Energy Retrofit Industry and have attributed the work to you, with a link back to this page. Thanks!
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buckdenton13 (29 months ago | reply)
I used this photo in a blog post:
conservationreport.com/2010/01/22/climate-cha nge-senator-...
www.conservationreport.com/
I gave the necessary "Photo source for attribution" and other information.
Thank you very much.
Buck
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Edward Betts (16 months ago | reply)
Just a friendly note to suggest that, despite the claim in the metadata, this photograph has probably not been released under a Creative Commons license by Getty Images.
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JellySunArt (5 weeks ago | reply)
Thank you Edward. I nearly used it on my blog.