Re:Risky Mortgage Bonds Are Back and Delinquencies Are Pilin...
by roenxi on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:48PM
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Yeah, it would have lots of uses if we had industrial quantities of it.
> Gold mining is quite destructive; environmentalists should ...
If it makes you feel better, it is common for gold to be found as an enriched layer sitting on top of a copper deposit. So a big chunk of gold mining isn't gold-for-gold's sake, it is something mined on the way to a much more practical substance - copper.
Actual gold mines doing environmental damage are a thing (cyanide ahoy!) but the footprint is small and hopefully not important.
> Gold mining is quite destructive; environmentalists should ...
If it makes you feel better, it is common for gold to be found as an enriched layer sitting on top of a copper deposit. So a big chunk of gold mining isn't gold-for-gold's sake, it is something mined on the way to a much more practical substance - copper.
Actual gold mines doing environmental damage are a thing (cyanide ahoy!) but the footprint is small and hopefully not important.