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Leave it. Let's not strip the planet of every natural resource. The environment has suffered enough damage.
by HenryKissinger 5y ago
Leave it. Let's not strip the planet of every natural resource. The environment has suffered enough damage.
- sss111 5y agoWouldn’t it be better for the planet if we move away from fossil fuels, and Lithium could help us in that process.
- alistairSH 5y agoThat depends. How much of the earth's surface needs to be mined to obtain enough lithium and other minerals to supply the world with batteries? And what will we use to charge he batteries?
- panick21_ 5y agoShould we stop all farming and mining? Should we never mine anything new? And btw we are not 'strip' planet, we are simply moving things from one place on the planet to another. Does the earth have some sort of inherent will that lithium should stay where it is? If only we could kill all humans then finally the planet could heal.
- someguydave 5y agoThat choice is akin to saying: allow China to use the cheapest methods to extract ores in Africa.
- ryan93 5y agoHas the IQ of hacker news fallen over time? Half the people in this thread think we can have 8 billion humans and make zero demands on the environment.