Track_Shovel
Worm beat them to it
Sulphide-bearing rock if left exposed to oxygen, or oxygenated water can result in metal leaching/acid rock drainage (ML/ARD). Not all exposed rock contains sulphides, but a lot where mines are do.
Onset times can be relatively fast (years) to long term (decades).
Tailings can be a huge source of this, so can waste rock piles. To stop this, we often create engineered covers to limit infiltration and reduce exposure to oxygen. In cases where we can’t manage this, the water is directed to a mined out pit or something similar and treated either actively or passively
No, but the point I’m getting at is that it’s easy to make a conceptual drawing, but there’s a lot of effort, time and money that goes into making that drawing a reality.
Without consultation and community buy in you also risk those efforts falling flat on their face. If I build a ‘granola’ (sorry) center in the middle of MAGA country, it’s not going to do well.
Not the person you’re referring to, but I’ll take a crack at it
The one of the issues is a complete lack of suitable soil to grow all the stuff that’s in the diagram. Soil was stripped and compacted to create a parking lot.
You have to break up the pavement, haul it all out, and take it to a recycler or Landfill.
There is a lot of planning of where things go, how big they will be.
We have a pond so we have to design that
It also takes time for trees to grow to the size we want them
Also media: LIVE FOOTAGE OF TRUMP’S EAR REATTACHMENT SURGERY
I too, am partial to space mommies. Bonus points if they can bench press me
Hey, I put up those signs.
This looks like one where they are trying to restore a naturally or semi-naturally disturbed area/habitat loss.
I start from zero: mined out areas, contaminants, geochemistry issues, and formulate a plan to put it all back.
