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Lots of places still do this, and just burn it in open pits. Places you would need expect like Tahiti which is a French Overseas Entity, and even Hawaii. Ther
by iancmceachern 3y ago
Lots of places still do this, and just burn it in open pits.
Places you would need expect like Tahiti which is a French Overseas Entity, and even Hawaii. There aren't a lot of options in some places.
- fallingknife 3y agoThis is mining waste. It's rocks and dirt. You can't burn it.
- salt-thrower 3y agoNot just rocks and dirt. Mining waste is often toxic - heavy metals, acid, that sort of thing.
- iancmceachern 3y agoSome you can, like coal
- fallingknife 3y agoThat's the product, not the waste
- iancmceachern 3y agoThe earth doesn't care. I was making the point that the parent commenter made an arbitrary distinction that wasn't even true. There are other minerals, rather are side effects of mining the true target minerals, that are "burnable". They're used in fireworks to make them different colors. https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/tested_by_fire_0.pdf https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/te...