A possible new industry for West Virginia raises some old questions

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2. That would be the only rare earth mining...

That should happen. I bet there's something of use in all those kazillions of tons of tailings around the country.

With requiring everything to originate in the US means that mining must increase and a lot more extractive industry will be trashing our environment. There is no such thing as a wasteland in bioshperic terms and people need to recognize that the extraction practices of the past need to change BEFORE we start ramping up the activity.

All these undeveloped lands so many claim to be useless because they don't see it as a tourist attraction or some other trivial preference, are not realistically evaluating the situation and that is going to be a big problem soon. Ripping up what's left of our forests and wild areas will hasten the trophic collapse we all seem to faintly recognize is coming but can't be bothered to recognize the severity of the consequence it will bring

I am not in favor of tearing up more pristine real estate for progress and growth with no other purpose than rapid profit.