You’ve never been around underground mines, I take it. The proposed mine would leave a permanent 17-meter-high engineered spoil mound on the surface, while 1,500 tons of rock per day would generate continuous heavy truck traffic on narrow rural roads. Mining operations would draw large volumes of water from local rivers and groundwater, threatening protected species including the freshwater pearl mussel, while creating ongoing risks of water and air pollution, landslides, and acid drainage. The surface facilities—processing plant, water treatment infrastructure, and ventilation works—would operate for 25 years, with long-term environmental liability extending well beyond closure.
Some German firm will do worse to the area and there will not be a peep about it.
And what’s with the liberal rhetoric?
I am with you 100% The best way to show your commitment to pre venting all of those terrible things is to stop using things that despoil the land, Gold and other metals are used in computers and communication. Steel, aluminum and more in cars. Just stop being a consumer of such things and do it now. You may as well tear down your home and restore the land to its original condition because it probably was beautiful once. Maybe after some time, someone of no consequence can declare it a scenic area or something. Please do the right thing. Anything else just makes you a hypocrite. Please wait until the check clears for the mining company before you drop off the grid though. Thank you in advance for doing the right thing.