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Mines around Muswellbrook, 200km north of Sydney, NSW, AU. Our commitment to pulling stuff out of the ground and burning it, in the face of all the science, is
by Jedd 6y ago
Mines around Muswellbrook, 200km north of Sydney, NSW, AU.
Our commitment to pulling stuff out of the ground and burning it, in the face of all the science, is impressive.
https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-32.3917,150.90785,9.671,latLng&t=3.3&ps=25&bt=19840101&et=20181231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0 https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse#v=-32.3917,150.9078...
- slowhand09 6y agoI would not argue against that fact. I also expect we'd be chimps staring at a black monolith had we not utilized the resources that abound on this planet.
- Jedd 6y agoProbably. Had we not started cooking our food over open fires, incurring significant damage to our health in the process, our societal and technological progress would also have been retarded. However, that's not a sufficient or satisfactory answer to the question 'Should we still be doing this?'