• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    1 year ago

    No, because coal, oil, and gas extraction are also mining activities. And those get used only once, whereas metals an such get used again and again and again. So there’s a huge cut in total mining.

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      1 year ago

      Coal yes, but typically oil and gas are the drilling in “drilling and mining sector”.