Why are some industrial chimneys so high, like what’s the difference if it’s 150 or 300 meters?

Question

Why are some industrial chimneys so high, like what’s the difference if it’s 150 or 300 meters?

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Answer 1

“The solution to pollution is dilution” so the further away from the monitoring equipment it is released, the more thinned out it gets by the time it comes back around … or so the theory goes. Sudbury Ontario is a great case study if your interested.