Re:Researchers produce nearly-pure rare earth concentrates f...
by logfromblammo on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:32PM
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What if one of your goals is to buy votes of otherwise-unemployed coal miners?
If the coal has no economic uses for energy production, but the mining has some reason to happen anyway, where the coal itself becomes a by-product, turning it into agricultural soil wouldn't be entirely horrible. The heavy metals would probably have to be removed before disposing of it anyway.
If the coal has no economic uses for energy production, but the mining has some reason to happen anyway, where the coal itself becomes a by-product, turning it into agricultural soil wouldn't be entirely horrible. The heavy metals would probably have to be removed before disposing of it anyway.