>>13863010I’ve been saying this. I still prefer local environmental degradation over global degradation, but if power consumption continues to grow at a rapid clip, we’ll eventually be leeching entire countrysides for rare earth metals.
I used to live in a mining town with a massive open pit mine. People have no clue the scale of these operations. We already dissolve entire mountains in acid baths to fuel the world’s copper supply. Wait until the demand for trace elements trebles.
