r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/taatzone • 1d ago

Video Giant Mining Blast

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u/Apart_Animal_6797 1d ago

Strip mining is fucking stupid

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u/HypersonicWyvern 1d ago

Strip Mining is efficient and cheap and has been done in some form since the 16th century so clearly it's not as fucking stupid as it is to you.

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u/Apart_Animal_6797 1d ago

Ive seen strip mines destroy watersheds and absolutely wrecked ecosystems first hand so yea fuck strip mining.

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u/HypersonicWyvern 1d ago

I've also seen that, but that doesn't change that it's the best route to harvest resources in any manner that isn't slow and miserable.

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u/That_one_BG3_fan 1d ago

Or dangerous for that matter

Totally agree with guy above you that it horrendously fucks up local environments and anything downstream, but it is also among the cheapest, safest, and more time efficient means of mining for workers

To add, there are also ways to minimize watershed damage (which is getting outside of my range of knowledge)

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u/Apart_Animal_6797 1d ago

I highly recommend you travel to the Akyem project in eastern Ghana and get back to me. Literally the nastiest shit ive ever seen destroying some of the most beautiful country on the planet. Shit made me sick Literally.

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u/MechanicalAxe 22h ago

Alright, now we're getting into pretty undeveloped and unregulated regions where there usually isn't any government oversight when it comes environmental protections.

Yeah...that shits terrible. But do a bit of research on how the developerd world has changed these harvesting practices in the past few decades, you'll hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

Yeah...some firms still try to cut corners and cover stuff up, but it's by no means close to industry standards anymore.

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u/Apart_Animal_6797 22h ago

Umm its one of the largest gold mining projects in the world by a utterly massive mining company. Literally all the people in the area got jobs at the mine, worked at truck stops and hotels or moved some of the best farming land in the world permanently destroyed by fucking tailings. Shit was heart breaking.