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dogm34t_ t1_j42i8xz wrote

Get ready to destroy the earth for profit.

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Noahdl88 t1_j42ii84 wrote

Conflicted uovote.

100% gonna happen, but upset about it just the same.

The truth is controversial.

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dogm34t_ t1_j42lhmb wrote

Very much so. And I agree with you.

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Noahdl88 t1_j42u5jn wrote

What's worse is instead of spending a little to save humanity (the earth will survive fine if not better without us) the billionaire class wants to spend exponentially more money to take a garbage planet like Mars, and "fix" it.

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ztreHdrahciR t1_j42use4 wrote

Colonizing Mars is stupid. Orders of magnitude more expensive and dangerous than just fixing what we've already ruined. I don't only blame billionaires. Regular people are too short sighted to see beyond the next tweet or insta post (or Reddit comment)

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ntgco t1_j42yiyr wrote

Get ready? They've been doing that since money was invented.

If we can get rid of Co2 production via Petrochemicals it is a benefit to every living organism on this planet. I would trade rare earth mining for batteries over endless oil consumption any day.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j42zmmk wrote

> Get ready to keep destroying the earth for profit.

Fixed it for you.

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Juffin t1_j43xdx6 wrote

Yeah let's not destroy the Earth. And keep buying those metals from China.

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jakekara4 t1_j441l8d wrote

These metals are necessary for electric cars. People want to think EVs are green. But they’re dependent upon intensive resource extraction.

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CaptainAxiomatic t1_j47bxrc wrote

It's not only for electric cars. These metals are needed for wind turbines and electric bikes, too.

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DM_DM_DND t1_j449hj3 wrote

Mining metals is significantly greener and more sustainable than using fossil fuels. Engineering can potentially stabilize the ground around a mine, and minimize the environmental damage. Undoing the damage of fossil fuels involves basically reversing thermodynamics.

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eks91 t1_j44j3we wrote

But electric car will save the environment lol

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