I’m not condemning mining in general, I’m condemning abusing of nature and not caring about consequences.
Mining companies in many countries may be required to follow environmental and rehabilitation codes; however, in many areas regulation is not enforced, and mining companies have encouraged self-policing
Also, I may be using copper, but that does not mean I use it irresponsibly. It can be reused so you can sell it, or if in impure form such as electronics, call a electronics waste collecting company to come and pick up old electronics. I don’t throw my pcs away, I sell them.

All in all, I was talking about the need to start focusing off from “lethal” co2 to everything else, where copper mining is just the tip of the iceberg.
Multinational companies care of nothing except profit, so if we look away, they will take that opportunity and “self regulate” or “deregulate” their business sectors to do what they like and rape and abuse nature on every step they make, even though it’s completely unnecessary as it is in case of that copper mine I mentioned in first post.

So, screw Al Gore and his trash talk.