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Where do you think coal and oil comes from? It's ok as long as other people's environment is destroyed for non-renewable energy but not your environment for ren
by thinkingtoilet 2y ago
Where do you think coal and oil comes from? It's ok as long as other people's environment is destroyed for non-renewable energy but not your environment for renewable energy?
- giantg2 2y agoLol, they used to mine coal under that very mountain (until it was outsourced). It's not like we have some insular life. The region is economically depressed. People would rather have jobs while destroying the environment than not have jobs while destroying the environment and recreational value simultaneously.
- kibwen 2y ago[flagged]
- roenxi 2y agoHave they ever used that technique in the UK? I don't think the UK has mountains suitable for mountaintop removal - they are famous for their underground operations. I've always filed mountaintop removal mining as one of those "weird things Americans do" approaches. Probably associated with unusual geology or something.
- giantg2 2y agoI think the UK had the none-mountainous version of strip mining - open pit mines. I think there aren't any in operation currently, and I'm unsure if they were for coal or just other commodities.
- nkali 2y agoEven if not, the collieries in Wales, built on top of coal shafts, were quite industrial-looking/landscape-runining. https://museum.wales/articles/1260/Nantgarw-Colliery---once-the-deepest-coal-mine-in-south-Wales/ https://museum.wales/articles/1260/Nantgarw-Colliery---once-...
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 2y agoWe used the technique until we ran out of mountains, hence current lack of mountains.
- giantg2 2y ago[flagged]
- marliechiller 2y agoand all of them are horrendously bad for the environment, the end.
- giantg2 2y agoAs are the wind turbines with there non-recyclable blades and bird kills.
- triceratops 2y ago> People would rather have jobs Who do you think puts up windmills and solar panels?
- giantg2 2y agoIn the case I personally know of, they brought in offshore workers. It also only generates reasonable numbers of jobs during initial construction.
- triceratops 2y ago> offshore workers Also people who need jobs. And that's just the case you personally know of. Maybe people should retrain instead of pining for jobs of the past. And we should support them in the transition as much as possible . > only generates reasonable numbers of jobs during initial construction We're gonna need a lot of initial construction though.