The reality is mines have to exist somewhere. The cost of them being abroad is more CO2 spent on getting materials shipped around the world, national security vulnerabilities, worse environmental laws, removing economic pie pieces, and a loss of potential jobs.

I look on a map of Nevada and it’s just vast, uninhabited space. Are the only sources of Nevada resources in actually lived areas, or is it something a handful of people see in any given year?

Uninhabited by people maybe. Inhabited by plenty of endangered plants and animals who's habitats are getting smaller and smaller.

Do you have any source for resources in Nevada being inhabited by endangered animals, and said extraction of such resources will kill them? Otherwise it just sounds like generic negativity.