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Producing good outcomes for who? Precious metal miners? I appreciate my smartphone, but understand a trail of human misery was used in its creation.

• hueving 10y ago
  >Precious metal miners? >I appreciate my smartphone, but understand a trail of human misery was used in its creation. Are you implying all mining produces human misery? I suggest you look into how a modern mine works in a developed country. A mine that kills people is a reflection of the country, not the act of mining itself.
  • Retric 10y ago
    Mining still kills people in developed countries. It's also associated with long term heath issues like black lung, which is vastly under reported in the US.
    • hueving 10y ago
      Maybe underground coal mining. But that has little relationship to mining precious metals. I suggest you take a look at how open pit ore mines are operated to understand how silly your suggestion is of issues with black lung.
      • Retric 10y ago
        People working around coal get black lung not just underground miners. In 2013 CWP resulted in 25,000 deaths down from 29,000 deaths in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker's_pneumoconiosis#cite_note-GDB2013-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker's_pneumoconiosis#ci... Considering the total number of people globally working with coal it's still a significant issue. PS: Spraying it with water can help with transportation, but you can't do that right before burning.