Lithium mining in Portugal
Dec 8th 2020, 7:49 am
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Lithium mining in Portugal
Dec 8th 2020, 10:45 am
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Re: Lithium mining in Portugal
Not sure which way to lean - helping the economy, or preserving the environment ... what a quandary!
But of major importance has to be what happens to the rivers, both locally and downstream. Very interesting article.
But of major importance has to be what happens to the rivers, both locally and downstream. Very interesting article.
Dec 8th 2020, 12:35 pm
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Re: Lithium mining in Portugal
The main objection to mining seems to be that local residents will be upset.
There are always environmental impacts; they can be reduced [but never eliminated] by good regulation and oversight by regulators.
This is where environmental groups could really work; but they don't.
Their funding and popular support comes from those interested in stopping the mines completely. So they try by all means, and when they fail they just move on.
We humans are 7.8 billion. The environmental impact of this huge population can't be eliminated. Mining will take place somewhere.
If it was in my village, I'd be full on with those groups to try and stop it. Not for the planet, for myself and my neighbors.
The thing is, once that battle is [inevitably] lost, there's no one interested in the boring day to day grind of ensuring that the industry obeys rules that cost them money, and minimize pollution.
Compromise is a lot of work.
There are always environmental impacts; they can be reduced [but never eliminated] by good regulation and oversight by regulators.
This is where environmental groups could really work; but they don't.
Their funding and popular support comes from those interested in stopping the mines completely. So they try by all means, and when they fail they just move on.
We humans are 7.8 billion. The environmental impact of this huge population can't be eliminated. Mining will take place somewhere.
If it was in my village, I'd be full on with those groups to try and stop it. Not for the planet, for myself and my neighbors.
The thing is, once that battle is [inevitably] lost, there's no one interested in the boring day to day grind of ensuring that the industry obeys rules that cost them money, and minimize pollution.
Compromise is a lot of work.
