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Mines do eventually come back. I live in an area with many historical quarries which are now nature reserves. Only took a hundred years or so...
by jl6 6y ago
Mines do eventually come back. I live in an area with many historical quarries which are now nature reserves. Only took a hundred years or so...
- prawn 6y agoThing with some of these Australian areas is that I don't know that we have the geological and weather forces to reclaim them in any hurry. And they're too remote or contaminated to be of much use for an intentional project to repurpose them for adventure (quad bikes, etc), tourism, art, etc.
- vermilingua 6y agoOne hundred years ago, mining didn’t use the same chemical or terraforming processes it does today. The Iron Duke mine linked nearby in the comments is a nearly 5km gash in the Earth. I don’t think it will be a nature reserve in 2120.
- roenxi 6y agoYou might be undercalling just how bad mines were 100 years ago. The pollution they caused would be total non-starter in modern Australia. Wouldn't even be an option on the table.