In the opening scene of WALL-E (2008) there are wind turbines and nuclear plants built on top of trash mounds to imply that mankind didn't convert to clean energy until it was too late
Cooling towers are needed at all sorts of power plants, not just nuclear. Every plant that uses steam turbines needs to cool the water for the next cycle.
olddicklemon72 on February 8th, 2020 at 14:48 UTC »
In those shots, at least, it looks like the trash has built up around them, especially the turbines which show obvious varying degrees of submersion.
Which would seem the implication is actually they switched to “clean energy” and it didn’t make much of a difference.
SantasArthritis on February 8th, 2020 at 15:35 UTC »
Last time i watched WALL-E I noticed how much space junk there was as they zoom into earth from space.
Seems like we are racing to that outcome full speed also.
semirigorous on February 8th, 2020 at 15:59 UTC »
Cooling towers are needed at all sorts of power plants, not just nuclear. Every plant that uses steam turbines needs to cool the water for the next cycle.