[mikey_hates_everything]

"Road blocks set up by protesters have caused up to $80 million in daily losses to businesses, with schools closed nationwide for over a week and more than 150,000 medical appointments missed."

It was probably the last straw for this guy.

Not defending the protesters tactics, they are wrong, but open-pit copper mines are nasty.

[aquila48]

“Not defending the protesters tactics, they are wrong, but open-pit copper mines are nasty.”

Huge amount of copper is used in their beloved EVs and transmission lines to get them charged.

And let’s not forget the lithium mines for their batteries.

These morons are absolute fools and the sooner we put them out of commission the better we’ll all be.

[Hodar]

Funny, it’s a tourist stop here in Utah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine

Tours, hotels, railroad rides, etc. And provides jobs for 2,000 people/families, America seems to have a demand for copper, something to do with electricity.

It’s not the process, it’s how the process is managed. Battery recycling in India, is nothing like how it’s handled in the US. You could compare the industrial kitchen in Europe, to Mexico and see big differences. You could compare septic treatments in the USA and see raw sewage dumped next to a public beach in Mexico. Both use the same process (dispose of septic waste), but how the process is managed, is drastically different.

[mikelets456]

“but open-pit copper mines are nasty.”

Fracking. oozing lithium mines are just as bad. I don’t recall radicals protesting those....also, why don’t they protest in China? (rhetorical)

[lapsus calami]

 

 

The country practically gets shutdown and the government does NOTHING about it? Can see how the frustration can get to boiling over. This incident is a symptom of a bigger problem and they own it.