El Salvador bans metal mining in world first

Re:El Salvador bans metal mining in world first by bingomad123 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @03:08AM (#14225412)

Now let us hope all countries follow the suite and ban all metal mining right away.

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Re:El Salvador bans metal mining in world first by taneq on Saturday April 29, 2017 @04:51AM (#14225650)

So you're going to lead the way by stopping using any metal products, right?

Including your computer?

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Re:El Salvador bans metal mining in world first by bingomad123 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @12:34AM (#14230174)

The comment was sarcasm obviously directed towards people who are hailing this move.

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Re:El Salvador bans metal mining in world first by alexvoda on Saturday April 29, 2017 @07:53AM (#14226141)

To such a fallacious reply the recent news of Apple deciding to only use recycled materials should be enough of a response I think.

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Re:El Salvador bans metal mining in world first by taneq on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:56PM (#14229953)

You're asserting that the human race has mined all the metals that we'll ever need. Do you really think that's a reasonable position?

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