From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: "Bat poop crazy"
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 07:12:30 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 8/1/25 06:55, Governor Swill wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 00:25:21 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:
>
>>> Backyard redecorated.
>>>
>>> <https://wvpublic.org/story/arts-culture/how-appalachia-became-the-site-of-the-largest-industrial-spill-in-u-s-history-and-what-happened-next/>
>>
>> I've never lived next to a lithium mine either.
>> Nor a cobalt mine loaded with children doing the work.
>>
>> We have come a long way in cleaner fossil fuel production than the 1960's.
>
> That spill happened in 2008 and was related to use, not production.
And spills will continue to happen because the "old pollution" still
hasn't been cleaned up.
IIRC, there was a huge concern over a phosphate? tailing pond near Tampa
when one of the hurricanes hit near there a few years ago. I think they
dodged the bullet on it ... but that waste is still there, as its not
been cleaned up: its an example of externality costs from industries
who've profited by not cleaning up after themselves, of which fossil
fuel is one of the worst offenders.
-hh