Yeah isn’t it weird how somehow the “landscape” they’re so worried about messing up with wind turbines or solar panels… Is never impacted by things like this?
Literally have never heard a conservative complain about strip mining even though it’s insanely ugly and the closest we can come to actually raping the planet.
Also when the companies inevitably pull out of the area and leave a ghost town some entrepreneur can come along and make a theme park. Win-win-win in my book. /s
I lived in an area that was going to start strip mining for sand that was the right consistency for fracking. Plenty of conservatives were amongst the loudest opponents. There’s plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate. Their reasons were not wanting to have so much heavy equipment on the roads and fear of silicosis, not opposing natural gas extraction.
There’s plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate
Okay, I wasn’t exaggerating. The existence of one counter example doesn’t mean I was. For examples about what I mean: see almost every coal mining town ever. It’s like a cult. The conservatives almost unanimously are in favor of coal no matter what it does to their environment or how badly the mining companies disregard safety and basic human dignity. I have never heard a conservative oppose or complain about strip mining, literally never. But if alternative energy ever comes up, they’re all suddenly very concerned with natural beauty. This doesn’t mean conservatives never once had an issue with strip mining, it just means that it’s extremely rare in comparison to their comments like this: “omg wind turbines are UGLY and kill ALL the BIRDS”
I share the viewpoint of the meme, but here is the answer: to see one of these big holes, I have to drive there to see it. To see a wind turbine, I just need to look out of the window. Wind turbines are scattered everywhere. Coal mining pits are localised. They are massive, yes, but who cares when you don’t live nearby, lived in a village torn down for mining or driving through it?
Sooo… strip mining is better because it’s less visible (it’s actually not. source: have driven around the US)?
Well,… Yes. It’s not visible, so it doesn’t bother as many people. As long as sweatshops are situated in Thailand and not in European cities, it’s easy to buy a cheap pair of jeans and not think about where it came from. Same with a coal pit “somewhere else where I am not”.
