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I just heard about this charity the other day listening to a fascinating episode of the Lex Fridman podcast with Paul Rosolie who seems very involved or possibl
by foo42 3y ago
I just heard about this charity the other day listening to a fascinating episode of the Lex Fridman podcast with Paul Rosolie who seems very involved or possibly the founder.
Fwiw he came across as very genuine (given some comments on here were skeptical of the charity)
- iamgoat 3y agoPaul describing the process: 56:2656:28 They cut the forest, burn the forest. 56:2856:30 And then they run water through the sand. 56:3056:33 And the sand particles have bits of gold in it, not chunks. 56:3356:37 But just little almost microscopic flecks of gold. 56:3756:40 And then they use the mercury to bind that. 56:4056:41 And then they burn off the mercury. 56:4156:43 And that vapor goes up into the clouds. 56:4356:46 So just like everything else, it's all connected down there 56:4656:47 and then rains down into the rivers. 56:4756:50 And so the people in the region are having birth defects Destruction visible from above: https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.8121497,-70.1009866,76878m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.8121497,-70.1009866,76878m/...
- 29athrowaway 3y agoThey should mine bitcoin instead.