Saving some of these areas would be like keeping the dark side of the moon pristine...
“I dont want a McDonalds on the moon, though this sounds like hyperbole and I dont want mining, either. Over and over, the human history of expansionism (one we are eager to brush aside as long as we get our inexpensive clothing and coffee beans) has served up the same tired tale: a newfound land is wrested out of balance with the ecosystems and economies it had previously supported. Those in power lay claim to these places and make choices to their own clearest benefit choices with unintended effects that we do not and often cannot know until the damage is done.”
https://entropymag.org/saving-the-moon-an-exo-ecology/
Uh-oh, that sensible argument by the typical “ecologist” may have changed my mind........just kidding....
So some idiot doesn’t “want” mining - on the Moon??
If these folks had their way we’d still be living in Caves. Jeeze Louise. Have to go to school for a long time to get that stupid.