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Elie: Created page with ":''Not to be confused with Bitcoin mining.'' Extracting minerals from the Earth has an environmental footprint. This footprint has to be put in perspective - to be compared with basics like food and energy.{{rn}} ==Relevant facts== * Switching from fossil fuels to other energy sources might require greater amounts of rare minerals than ever used before. Ot..."

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Created page with ":<small>''Not to be confused with Bitcoin mining.''</small>  Extracting minerals from the Earth has an environmental footprint. This footprint has to be put in perspective - to be compared with basics like food and energy.{{rn}} ==Relevant facts== * Switching from fossil fuels to other energy sources might require greater amounts of rare minerals than ever used before. Ot..."

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:<small>''Not to be confused with [[Bitcoin mining]].''</small> 

Extracting minerals from the Earth has an environmental footprint. This footprint has to be put in perspective - to be compared with basics like [[food]] and [[energy]].{{rn}}

==Relevant facts==
* Switching from [[fossil fuels]] to other [[energy]] sources might require greater amounts of rare minerals than ever used before. Other wikipages have more specific info on this.
* When you mine for rare metals, you have to dig up a lot more earth/rocks than you do for the same amount of oil. The metals are only a small fraction of the weight of the ore, whereas with oil it's just oil as-is.{{cn}}

==Research needed==
* How much [[land]] does mining use?
* How much [[labor]] is involved in mining?
* How much [[energy]] does mining use?
These questions might seem ''too general'', but they are key to putting mining's environmental-and-human footprint into perspective. Specifics can be expanded upon as needed.

Archive:000/Draft:Mining - Revision history

Elie: Elie moved page Draft:Mining to Archive:000/Draft:Mining without leaving a redirect: Huge_refactor

Elie: Elie moved page Mining/draft to Draft:Mining without leaving a redirect: New naming convention