And not to mention that as large of a footprint they claim because of the size of the ring, the size of even 10 mines is like a few freckles on the nose of an elephant. Nature destroys more area with one natural disaster and it must be reclaimed over hundreds of years while a mine is a controled take apart and replacement. It is not the mines that I feel are the problem but ignorance and con artists who make a living off of that ignorance.