Obviously if we tried to rely on this only right now we'd all starve but i hope in 500 years people look back at the idea of removing a mountain or digging a pi

Obviously if we tried to rely on this only right now we'd all starve but i hope in 500 years people look back at the idea of removing a mountain or digging a pit into the earth and subsequently destroying the ecosystem of these places to recover the minerals within with the same kind of baffled outrage that we might have today for someone who casually pours used motor oil into a swimming pool.