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Why are power stations not close to cities?

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They tend to be large and unsightly. They use large amounts of land for various reasons, such as large cooling ponds that need to be near bodies of water or rivers and for railroads to bring coal, or because they emit plumes of smoke. Of course downtown or close in land is expensive. read more

They tend to be large and unsightly. They use large amounts of land for various reasons, such as large cooling ponds that need to be near bodies of water or rivers and for railroads to bring coal, or because they emit plumes of smoke. read more

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