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Re:A Startup Making Paper Out of Stone, Not Trees by ehnto on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:55AM (#14566942)
Not to mention, limestone mining destroys the landscape just like any quarry does. Living on a 'limestone coast' I would hate to see that beautiful countryside pockmarked with any more limestone mines.
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Re:A Startup Making Paper Out of Stone, Not Trees by dragonmum on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:16AM (#14566997)
> limestone mining destroys the landscape just like any quarry does

In South East Asia, limestone quarrying and mining has destroyed the habitat of many species. There are dozens of species that are extinct, or are going extinct due to limestone mining. They clear entire limestone mountain ranges and turn them into cement.

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