And extraction and processing heavy metals to run their techie toys like wind generators and solar cells.
They clearly have selective vision.
But, Hey,
If they saw things clearly they'd be sound minded conservvatives.
The company I worked for got a contract to demonstrate the feasibiity of cutting coal with high-speed water jets. It was discovered that the energy needed to get the coal cut was more than the energy in the coal that was cut. We sent the money back to the B of Mines, but they were not pleased.