I work in special hazards fire protection, and I also work closely with the mining industry. In short, my fire suppression systems keep heavy mining equipment from burning up. My job takes me to unusual, tucked away places in Wyoming and Montana, where I get to see the difference between coal mines and paladium and lithium mines. When a …
I work in special hazards fire protection, and I also work closely with the mining industry. In short, my fire suppression systems keep heavy mining equipment from burning up. My job takes me to unusual, tucked away places in Wyoming and Montana, where I get to see the difference between coal mines and paladium and lithium mines. When a coal lease with BLM (Bureau of Land Management, not Black Lives Matter) is ended, the land is remediated and returned to a condition that closely resembles a wildlife preserve or national park. An open pit lithium mine, on the other hand, resembles a crater where a giant meteor hit, and will never look any different afterward, for perpetuity. The real issue with precious metals mining is the tonnage of "overburden" (dirt) that must be dug up and sifted through for each measly pound of product - whether it be platinum, lithium, paladium, whatever. It is an incredibly destructive process that is anything but "earth friendly." We don't see it so we don't care, because the majority of this environmental destruction is primarily happening in China, where they don't GAF, and now, courtesy of the Taliban and the mining contracts they signed with China, Afghanistan. (Hence the sudden rush for the US to withdraw all it's troops, so that the mining of that country's resources could commence right away.)
So just like with everything else, Americans are sheep being led to the slaughter while blissfully ensconced in their luxurious Teslas. The Chinese laugh at our virtue signaling, because they know that the end game is that they will control all of the world's precious minerals and hold them ransom in the not too distant future. In that sense, they will control us economically. It gets even better, though - because EV's are incredibly susceptible and vulnerable to an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) attack. Of course, we have nothing to worry about, because everyone knows that the threat of an EMP attack is just a crazy conspiracy theory and nobody would really wish to do that kind of harm to America. That would be an act of war, after all, and nobody would *dare* do such a thing to us here in our own homeland. But coming soon is a device that police officers will be able to use to bring EV's to a slow but permanent stop. Of course, that's assuming the driver was ever able to charge the damn thing in the first place, because our existing power grid, which is presently base loaded by natural gas and coal burning power plants, will hardly be able to supply the demand if government mandated sales of EV's go up as projected. As we take away coal and natural gas, and rely more and more on wind and solar, we are headed for an energy shortage in this nation that will leave us crippled and defenseless, and either freezing or roasting in our homes - all by design, and killing our planet all the while in the process. The human race has never been more stupid - cro magnon men were geniuses compared to us. Except for the Chinese, that is. Those yellow devils are very, very crafty and clever..
Don't forget that EMPs can occur naturally, too. (The Carrington Event 1859) And judging by the sun's activity lately, that's not entirely out of the question...🤷♀️
I work in special hazards fire protection, and I also work closely with the mining industry. In short, my fire suppression systems keep heavy mining equipment from burning up. My job takes me to unusual, tucked away places in Wyoming and Montana, where I get to see the difference between coal mines and paladium and lithium mines. When a coal lease with BLM (Bureau of Land Management, not Black Lives Matter) is ended, the land is remediated and returned to a condition that closely resembles a wildlife preserve or national park. An open pit lithium mine, on the other hand, resembles a crater where a giant meteor hit, and will never look any different afterward, for perpetuity. The real issue with precious metals mining is the tonnage of "overburden" (dirt) that must be dug up and sifted through for each measly pound of product - whether it be platinum, lithium, paladium, whatever. It is an incredibly destructive process that is anything but "earth friendly." We don't see it so we don't care, because the majority of this environmental destruction is primarily happening in China, where they don't GAF, and now, courtesy of the Taliban and the mining contracts they signed with China, Afghanistan. (Hence the sudden rush for the US to withdraw all it's troops, so that the mining of that country's resources could commence right away.)
So just like with everything else, Americans are sheep being led to the slaughter while blissfully ensconced in their luxurious Teslas. The Chinese laugh at our virtue signaling, because they know that the end game is that they will control all of the world's precious minerals and hold them ransom in the not too distant future. In that sense, they will control us economically. It gets even better, though - because EV's are incredibly susceptible and vulnerable to an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) attack. Of course, we have nothing to worry about, because everyone knows that the threat of an EMP attack is just a crazy conspiracy theory and nobody would really wish to do that kind of harm to America. That would be an act of war, after all, and nobody would *dare* do such a thing to us here in our own homeland. But coming soon is a device that police officers will be able to use to bring EV's to a slow but permanent stop. Of course, that's assuming the driver was ever able to charge the damn thing in the first place, because our existing power grid, which is presently base loaded by natural gas and coal burning power plants, will hardly be able to supply the demand if government mandated sales of EV's go up as projected. As we take away coal and natural gas, and rely more and more on wind and solar, we are headed for an energy shortage in this nation that will leave us crippled and defenseless, and either freezing or roasting in our homes - all by design, and killing our planet all the while in the process. The human race has never been more stupid - cro magnon men were geniuses compared to us. Except for the Chinese, that is. Those yellow devils are very, very crafty and clever..
This comment should come with a free bridge we can jump off... ;( (Fascinating though!)
PS - sorry to be such a downer. I think about this shit way too much.
Hahaha it's all good. We can't stick our heads in the sand (but also we can't stand around waiting for bombs to drop, either). Balance, baby!
Forewarned is forearmed
We haven’t lost the war yet - I’m still keeping the faith. We are facing some scary shit, though…
Don't forget that EMPs can occur naturally, too. (The Carrington Event 1859) And judging by the sun's activity lately, that's not entirely out of the question...🤷♀️
Great point!