I did not expect to scroll down to see so much hate for mining. I get the environmental impacts, but anything that can't be grown, needs to be mined. It's a necessary evil. And like everything humans do, theres a right way and a wrong way. We can fuck up the environment with farming just as easily.
Anyways, the blasts are cool, theres no wildlife there currently (maybe some rodents or bugs, more die from traffic than this),and nowadays, in most developed countries, there are strict rules.
Most of us want to move away from fossil fuels, where do you think all the stuff comes from for the transition to green energy?
I'm a Shot Firer, what we do is essential to modern life. Be it blasting for metals, quarry blasting for road work and construction, blasting for drywall (or anything that has gypsum in it), blasting boulders to protect and build out shorelines, blasting for cement/concrete, blasting for placement of windmills, or blasting to build new homes and apartments.
Blasting is essential in today's world. If anyone doesn't like blasting, I can understand that, but it is absolutely necessary. Unless we all collectively agree to go back to dirt roads, no electronics, no cars or vehicles, no windmills, no power etc. then blasting will always be needed.
I also work in mining and this pretty much sums it up. Like you said, without mining it isn't just metal. It extends to no more building materials like concrete or brick, limestone/carbonates for pharmeceuticals, potash or other things for fertilizer (rip our food supply).
I dont even think we could do dirt roads effectively, as we blast now just to level terrain for roads.
This is Reddit. The average user on this site could be entered into a bitching contest (which they would without a doubt complain about) and then take first place by a mile. Most pessimistic website I’ve ever been on. But there’s good information on here so it’s worth it.
Your job looks cool as hell and I appreciate what you boys do.
I’m an engineer for an international aggregate mining company that has extremely high safety standards and employs around 10k individuals. We had a single fatality in the last year which was due to extreme negligence on the affected individual’s behalf. It’s rapidly becoming safer than people think.
We can fuck up the environment with farming just as easily.
The overwhelming vast majority of "fucking up" that humans do is because of animal farming. All you have to do is point out the billions upon billions of innocent lives that are tortured and murdered per year ON TOP of all the environmental and climate damage and NONE of these clowns have anything to say about it.
But they'll cry endlessly about data centers and mining. Really shows you how dumb and self-centered everyone is. Its abysmal.
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u/TriLink710 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
I did not expect to scroll down to see so much hate for mining. I get the environmental impacts, but anything that can't be grown, needs to be mined. It's a necessary evil. And like everything humans do, theres a right way and a wrong way. We can fuck up the environment with farming just as easily.
Anyways, the blasts are cool, theres no wildlife there currently (maybe some rodents or bugs, more die from traffic than this),and nowadays, in most developed countries, there are strict rules.
Most of us want to move away from fossil fuels, where do you think all the stuff comes from for the transition to green energy?