• @CombatWombatEsq
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    141 year ago

    I’m pretty sure the original gold rush was also an environmental disaster that destroyed agriculture and introduced mercury contamination to the waterways, so this may be a bit of a false dichotomy.

    • @Widowmaker_Best_Girl
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      61 year ago

      See that was my first thought. The two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I’d say deep sea mining will be both!