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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.
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.
It isn't. I guarantee it.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Except they actually do backfill it and plant trees; it's still an ecological horror though
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.
Bagger 288! Bagger 288!
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.
He is not here to save mankind - he is here to avenge it!
Being destroyed by a giant machine is terrible but it did file the proper paperwork first so what can be done at this point?
Just enjoy the hyperspace bypass, I expect.
There’s a lot to be said about dotted eyes and crossed teas.
I hate so much how accurate this is as a metaphor for how many politicians deal with the fascist AfD.
Uhm no bagger-288 was created to protect mankind from godzillas and doom robots from the future.
BAGGER 288 BAGGER 288
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
ok I hate coal and fossil fuels, but this thing is so cool
You can see it from space
Those photos are from planes.
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...
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
You can see people's backyard trampolines.
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.
It's crazy watching a time lapse of these massive holes move across the land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz4a2WyAG68
It is an engineering marvel, indeed, as it is the biggest mobile machine of the world.
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.
every rational part of my brain fighting the 7 year old me inside me who knows Bagger 288 is the coolest thing ever
Looks like a Final Fantasy optional boss.
It's a man-made Langolier.... slowly eating a dying world no one wants.
Funny and sad
I love how I know the name Bagger 288 because of a 16 year old meme
Removed from the environment.
Why remove something from the environment when you can just remove the environment
Just as well. 'tis a silly place.
Coal mine go brrrrrrrrr
