strip mining
From our earliest days of writing about the shale energy industry, we heard the phrase "every form of energy has its advantages and disadvantages." We could not agree more. That includes so-called renewable energy. Did you know that it takes strip mining half a million pounds of dirt to get enough minerals to manufacture a 1,000-pound battery used in a single electric car? Right now almost all (90%) of that strip mining happens in other countries, like China and Russia. If we want to maintain our independence from our enemies (namely China and Russia), we have to restart strip mining here in the U.S. Like that's going to happen anytime soon!
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