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Re: The future of mining

Postby drdesert » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:48 am

Plant Extinction, "Green" Energy, & Perineum Deli Platters
boraxbill: I just happened to watch this video last week and it goes into the selenium mine issue in great detail, including a tour of the areas where the buckwheat populations are found.
Eriogonum tiehmii is a rare buckwheat known from a remote little corner of Nevada. It is an edaphic specialist, which means it is restricted to a special type of soil rich in lithium and boron, having evolved a very specific and special ability to be able to tolerate these generally barren white chalky soils of the high desert. This plant's affinity for these kinds of soils maybe what ultimately dooms it, as %70 of its population is due to be wiped out by a proposed open-pit lithium mine that an Australian mining company named Ioneer wants to develop on the site. If it passes, this plant would be doomed and this beautiful and geologically interesting area would be scarred forever.

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Re: The future of mining

Postby torn80 » Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:21 am

Help Save Conglomerate Mesa
Beautiful area! How could anyone even consider desecrating it like this? Makes you wonder about the depths of human depravity!
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