• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    1 day ago

    Are you asking if we did smart things before we began exploiting resources? Because the answer is no, never. Not once.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      You’re missing the point, which is that we don’t normally measure reserves in centuries. We prospect as needed, and there is no reason to think that we would be unable to locate new deposits as necessary. All this and more is covered in the source you linked.