Nope. The towers are to reduce water usage and lower the temperature of the wate...

benj111 · on July 26, 2019

Ars claimed that coal power stations are air cooled, your parent is refuting that by pointing out the cooling towers.

Cooling towers cool water because it was heated up in some way, possibly by cooling the power plant.

ars · on July 26, 2019

He's right, they use the tower to pre-cool the water before using river water to cool it even more.

Coal plants typically only have the tower, and don't use river water.