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On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:14:07 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> In the UK Battersea coal power station on London was used to heat flats,
> but of course no power station is allowed inside towns where all the
> 'librals' live any more...

I've read that 1/3 of the US population lives within 50 miles of a nuclear 
plant. That seems reasonable considering you put power plants where the 
people are. Solar and wind facilities tend to be in someone else's 
backyard although the Marthas Vineyard crew did their share of whining 
about the offshore turbines.