Off Topic — HabitableZone

Off Topic » in reply to Farmer

Mining.

Don't think for a minute that there are not capitalists (and communists, fascists, and many other "ists") that will not rape and pillage a mountain full of ore and not give a damn about what the property is worth afterwards if left to their own devices. The planet is pocked with examples of taking the money out of the ground and running. But worse, an un-reclaimed mine leaves a debt behind that has to be paid by someone or the land is always a fiscal and literal hole-in-the-ground. Worse, it can degrade the value of adjacent properties through pollution and can affect the property of water rights far downstream.

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