Resource Mining Debate

Comments focus on the necessity, feasibility, and realities of mining natural resources like minerals for technology, with many advocating aggressively for mining specific objects or materials while addressing common misconceptions about the industry.

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Sample Comments

inglor_cz Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

Perhaps those people are mining some unobtainium that is crucial for our cushy urban lives ... ?

bussiere Jun 17, 2015 View on HN

yes ... or mining or anything else ...

beanjuiceII Dec 31, 2024 View on HN

we should mine the shit out of it

themihai Dec 4, 2017 View on HN

If we can mine it I'm all in...

floatingatoll Jan 16, 2022 View on HN

“We mine things to make cash flow”?

Cypher Jan 29, 2019 View on HN

i dont think they understand mining

youngtaff Jan 19, 2023 View on HN

Also ignores the fact than mines tend to fill up with water over time so you need to keep pumping them out

notreallyserio Feb 16, 2022 View on HN

Agreed. Mine the miners, as they say.

TheCapeGreek Feb 18, 2021 View on HN

Miners aren't mining for kicks and giggles.

aussieguy1234 Oct 2, 2024 View on HN

Now that it's here, can it be mined?