Is Mining acceptable to you?

It's true that mining is a dirty industry, but don't we all use cars/buses, computers, and countless other items that wouldn't exist without mining? Certainly the government should listen to the people, and we should always try to pressure mining companies to be as "green" and as safe as they can be. However, if everyone were to feel like you do and all mining would stop, would the world be a better place or would it be like going back in time to worse living conditions?

What type of mining is going to occur in your province? What aspects of the mining project upset people the most there? Mining companies & pro-mining governments should be prepared to compensate the local community in some ways. I'm against coal mining to some degree, but I'd sooner have a mine next to my backyard than a slaughterhouse, abattoir or farm where animals are bred & murdered. There's always plenty of people willing to protest a mining operation which they may also end up benefiting directly or indirectly from, but few are willing to oppose animal agriculture, which is by far the worst thing for our local & global environment, our health & welbeing on many different levels, our society & economy. I'm sorry they're digging up your backyard, but I think it could have been much worse for you. Do you have an alternative proposition for your government to make just as much money for a similar outlay? Could the area be opened up to eco-tourism for example? Perhaps you could check the company's website & see what they are doing or plan to do to help the community as other mining companies around the world have done in the past.

Mining is an industry that could bring positive gains in the country. The industry is not all that bad. If the people behind it can really do their jobs in respecting the environment, in sharing duties and responsibilities then the gains will be for the people. It;s not only mining that hurts the environment, people are the most to be blamed. They are also big contributors to the deterioration of our natural resources. They polluted riverbanks, do kaingin system and do not know proper waste management. Let us all be open minded about progress. Let us not only listen to one side. Let's be united for the good of the many rather than for the interest of those opposing progress for their hidden agenda!

See when it comes to the government, there's nothing that you can do against them. They have all the rights to do. I understand what you are trying to say, it will definitely affect the people who are staying there. But may be you can just help your neighbours or few others, as long as the mining goes on.