> No, the comment that I reference on HN is not mine, it's by someone else. BTW, I quite agree with it. Ok, misread that. Either way it's just an HN comment, i

> No, the comment that I reference on HN is not mine, it's by someone else. BTW, I quite agree with it. Ok, misread that. Either way it's just an HN comment, it's not proof of anything much. Gold mining is terribly polluting, yep, but your attitude to it is pretty much the definition of whataboutery.