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§*^~...... the power plant and its satellite ......~^*§
@@@§¤*^-~. buildings glisten on the far side of .~-^*¤§@@@
#@@§¤*^-~. the pristine town lake. wood is burned .~-^*¤§@@#
§¤^-~..... to make electricity and heat. or at .....~-^¤§
@@@§¤*^-~. least, that was true for a while. but .~-^*¤§@@@
@@§*-..... all the engineers come from other towns .....-*§@@
@§**^-.... these days. us locals are now only good ....-^**§@
@@¤^^-.... to be janitors, or security guards, ....-^^¤@@
@¤¤^^^^-~. maybe. .~-^^^^¤¤@
@@@§¤*^-~. .~-^*¤§@@@
##@§¤*^-~. well, here it is: .~-^*¤§@##
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#@@§¤*^-~. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .~-^*¤§@@#
§*^^~..... § "wood is burned" - false. it's fed § .....~^^*§
#@@§¤*^-~. § through some sinister process and § .~-^*¤§@@#
#@@§¤*^-~. § turned into a strange chemical. § .~-^*¤§@@#
##@@¤*^-~. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .~-^*¤@@##
§*-....... .......-*§
@@§*-~.... §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ....~-*§@@
@¤*^~..... § "the plant makes electricity and § .....~^*¤@
@@@§¤*^-~. § heat" - false. this is all supplied § .~-^*¤§@@@
##@§¤*^-~. § from somewhere else. the plant is § .~-^*¤§@##
##@@§*^-~. § used to make the chemical, and for § .~-^*§@@##
@§*^~~~~.. § releasing it into the lake. § ..~~~~^*§@
§*^^^~.... §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ....~^^^*§
§§¤¤**^-~. .~-^**¤¤§§
#@@§¤*^-~. the chemical that is released into the .~-^*¤§@@#
#@@§¤*^-~. water we drink, and the forests where .~-^*¤§@@#
##@§¤*^-~. we hunt and forage, is called pfa, and .~-^*¤§@##
@@@§¤*^-~. it is a plasticine agent. it collects .~-^*¤§@@@
#@@§¤*^-~. over time in all organic beings, .~-^*¤§@@#
#@@§¤*^-~. actively changing their molecular .~-^*¤§@@#
#@@§¤*^-~. makeup. simply put, they are turning us .~-^*¤§@@#
@§**^-.... into plastic! ....-^**§@
§¤*--~~... ...~~--*¤§
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