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[–] Mouselemming 127 points 1 month ago (18 children)

We make logging companies "replant forests" (yes it's not at all the same as the old growth but it's something). Why do we let mining companies completely rape the land and replace nothing? It doesn't even look like they backfill with the unused debris, much less restore topsoil or plant anything.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Here in the UK I know of lots of old mines and quarries that, because the ground is inherently unstable once the mining has finished, the land gets reclaimed as a nature reserve. Think nice walks, wildflowers, native trees, marshlands etc. A lot of effort goes into making habitats for insects, birds and animals.

Whether or not it is all paid for by the mining companies, I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

It isn't. I guarantee it.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's how we do it here in the US if they're operating near an urban area. My understanding is that they are required by law to do that in exchange for the permits or something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Only if the city cares. I'm in a capital city where strip mining occurs within city limits, and they just leave acid pools behind because the thick forests keep people from noticing it

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Well, not 100% on this, but maybe because we're an overaged society that elects corrupt politicians rather than accept that change in lifestyle is necessary? Or maybe it is the brainwashing of the Springer-press that continues to vilify the Greens. Maybe a mix of both.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

They do backfill, but they obviously lose quite a bit of volume in the process, so they cannot completely fill the hole. The remaining part is usually flooded.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where I live they are required to rehabilitate the land afterwards, but usually that's after the mine has been running for like 30+ years and by the time they shut down, they do some weird financial trickery and declare bankruptcy despite having made millions in profits the previous decades and then they just walk away and tax payers need to clean up.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It will be turned into a giant lake once they are done mining. You burn a lot of volume and filling it wil soil again is just not possible

[–] lagoon8622 6 points 1 month ago

Except they actually do backfill it and plant trees; it's still an ecological horror though

[–] index 7 points 1 month ago

Why do we let mining companies completely rape the land and replace nothing?

The government spend billions to brainwash people and turn them complicit. Check out the "germany rearming" threads to see how even on lemmy plenty of people are happy with the raping.

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[–] DannyBoy 93 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Bagger 288 is there to safeguard all mankind.

The Bagger 288 wreaks total utter devastation.

The Bagger 288 contains an artificial mind.

This mind is full of hatred, violence is its sole vocation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

He is not here to save mankind - he is here to avenge it!

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Being destroyed by a giant machine is terrible but it did file the proper paperwork first so what can be done at this point?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Just enjoy the hyperspace bypass, I expect.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

There’s a lot to be said about dotted eyes and crossed teas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I hate so much how accurate this is as a metaphor for how many politicians deal with the fascist AfD.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago

Uhm no bagger-288 was created to protect mankind from godzillas and doom robots from the future.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[–] untakenusername 40 points 1 month ago

ok I hate coal and fossil fuels, but this thing is so cool

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alternatively, build a flying machine with TNT duplicators

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

[ilmango intro music] 🥭🥭🥭

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (10 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Those photos are from planes.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Probably, but the entire idea of "you can see it from space" is stupid anyways. Its only meaningful if its with the naked eye and the distance is specified. You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom...

Naw, there's theoretical a maximum resolution, iirc it's a few centimeters. Too much air in the way diffracting the light

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[–] ryedaft 10 points 1 month ago

You can see people's backyard trampolines.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

This is very real and has been an issue for years. I remember when I was younger, watching public TV, and I saw a news report about an elderly lady who was forced to sell her home along with the rest of her village so that they could dig up the entire area for coal. At the time it was a big deal, because she took so long to agree, which got media attention. It was incredibly depressing. It felt dystopian.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

It's crazy watching a time lapse of these massive holes move across the land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4a2WyAG68

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It is an engineering marvel, indeed, as it is the biggest mobile machine of the world.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Ahh, you just beat me to it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Bagger 288 (and its sibling, Bagger 293) are probably the biggest machines which move freely on soil. They're about 225 m long, 96 meters tall and weigh 14 200 tons.

In the length category, the F60 overburden conveyor bridge (which moves on rails) is (was?) several times bigger, at 502 m length. It weighed less, however, at 13,600 tons.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

every rational part of my brain fighting the 7 year old me inside me who knows Bagger 288 is the coolest thing ever

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Looks like a Final Fantasy optional boss.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Funny and sad

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

It's a man-made Langolier.... slowly eating a dying world no one wants.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I love how I know the name Bagger 288 because of a 16 year old meme

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Removed from the environment.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Why remove something from the environment when you can just remove the environment

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Just as well. 'tis a silly place.

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