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Originally Posted by BavarianHorde
I know it is a catch 22. Environmentally it is a disaster and I would hate to see that in my back woods. The beauty is just destroyed....
That being said, there is a need to create jobs and it generates a lot of money. But man, that looks just awful. I know that might not be popular for me to say on this board, but wow.
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The mining operations in the Wyoming Powder River basin aren't much prettier. True, they don't have tailing pond issues on the same scale, but any mining is ugly business these days.