what I find interesting, and it makes sense, that a lot of people on this forum have 'northern' exposure. City folks that have never been out of "civilization" may not even fully belive that there actually are holes in the ground where stuff comes out of. If you lined up the tunnels in Sudbury, they would all reach to Vancouver.

Another major issue is that anything assoicated with mining, or any other factory production, is associated with pollution. Pollution is always linked to something that happens outside the boundaries of cities, how wrong!

The reality is that as humans we consume; as an example steel; the annual world consumption of steel is about 300 kg per person alive; meaning that each of us consume almost half a ton each. Consume we can, but do we pollute?; now way