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NNadir

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1. Wow, we're saved!!!! Given that Africa suffers so much from mining for this crap, they certainly should reap...

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 07:25 PM

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...the benefits, if not of real sustainability, the marketing.

Copper mining in Africa.

I'm sure we have enough copper on this planet for a billion cars, with only a few thousand big empty holes in Africa left behind.

Bourgeois sensibilities always strike me as weird and strange, but that's just me.

I'm sure too, I'm about to get a picture of the Namibian uranium mine and maybe one from Congo, which probably won't impress me, since I know something about energy density and materials.

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Wow, we're saved!!!! Given that Africa suffers so much from mining for this crap, they certainly should reap... NNadir Tuesday #1

I am not your straw man OKIsItJustMe Tuesday #2

Wow! I'd agree with any straw person, whomever the straw person might be, Ray Bolger and beyond... NNadir Wednesday #3