• Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    The energy can be obtained from renewable sources any time we decide to quit fucking around and make it happen, wood pulp can be replaced with hemp far more easily than that and requires less chemical treatment in the process. There are no similar options for mitigating the negative impact of mining or making our supply of those metals any bigger.

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      5 hours ago

      All of those metals can be recycled. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

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        3 hours ago

        Recycling still consumes energy which can be just as non-renewable as the energy used for making paper, and the impact of mining is far greater than hemp farming even at its worst. Try harder.