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Originally Posted by JJacksonIII
Everyone referencing the environmental impact of huge mining operations for rare metals... Forgetting what goes into getting oil from the ground? The Valdez spill, the BP oil spill, tens of thousands of other oil spills? What goes into the manufacturing of the platforms and rigs needed to pull the crude up? And the manufacturing of the shipping vessels to then ship it all to refineries.. and then from the refineries to the gas stations... And then when the gas is shipped to it's final destination, go ahead and burn it all... Seriously? We don't yet think there might be a better way?
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So many examples conveniently forgotten, and largely no one is held accountable for the disasters.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo_River_oil_spill