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It has always amazed me that the US is so unusually rich in a variety of natural resources.
by guidedlight 6mo ago
It has always amazed me that the US is so unusually rich in a variety of natural resources.
- aaron695 6mo ago[dead]
- IAmBroom 6mo agoSouthern Missouri, at the exposed roots of crust that formed the Ozark Mountains, is alone responsible for significant amounts of the world's metals. It used to provide 80% of the world's lead, for instance. Like almost all mining areas, the people are poor, undereducated, and damaged healthwise (lots of lead there!).
- mcmoor 6mo agoIs it unusually rich for any region that big? I don't actually know, but it'd be interesting to see a comparison to another similarly sized country.