— DON'T MIND US, THIS HAS BEEN —

Gone baby Gone.

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COMICS WITH PROBLEMS
issue #41

NEW USES FOR GOOD EARTH! (1960s)
Comic book for strip and surface mining. Published by the Mined-Land Conservation Conference.

PROBLEM(s) DEALT WITH:
Earth.

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COMICS WITH PROBLEMS  
issue #41  
http://www.ep.tc/problems/41  
 
NEW USES FOR GOOD EARTH! (1960s)  
Comic book for strip and surface mining. Published by the Mined-Land Conservation Conference.  
 
PROBLEM(s) DEALT WITH:  
Earth.

10/13/2010, 02:55:01

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Billy Bass
Page Nine.... Fish Truck! People ask and now we can tell you. Yes. Fish. It's what's in the hose.

10/13/2010, 03:09:19

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Quijotesca
Looks like that scary kid already sucked his dad's brians out. Am I next?

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10/13/2010, 10:18:29

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marcel marceau
...of course, none of this should be confused with strip miming.

10/13/2010, 18:52:16

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Matt Parsons
Such bullshit they're feeding the public. Strip mines are not and can not be reclaimed in this way. The land is far too unstable to put in big operation like this on it. Furthermore, to have a balanced ecosystem you'll need mroe than just very small fur trees and lespodeza grass, which are the only things that can really grow up on these strip jobs. Also, the mass amount of flat land creates a flood plane, causing the first big rain to wash out any progress you've made "reclaiming it", not to mention it completely floods the communities below (see Mingo and Logan county floods in West Virginia). 

10/14/2010, 11:02:37

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don draper
I'm pretty sure I saw this Mad Men episode...and to think they forgot to feature the cocktails and smoking.  At least they captured the everlasting male chauvinism and corporate greenwashing.  And why does the company exec get to take over driving of the other white man's car?  Makes you wonder, huh.

10/14/2010, 13:27:57

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R Gilbert
Not much has changed from the M.O. being displayed here... Now there are a multitude of instant, poll-based media constructs and responses to foist upon a lazy, intellectually passive public. Why do people fall for this self-serving pandering drivel so easily? I don't know if I really want into those less than inquiring minds. I always assumed (yah - I know the assume joke) that with more "information" on the googles and news streams that awareness, or at least a healthy scepticism would follow... Nope, apparently not, sad to say. The corporate messages are harmless in themselves if no one's buying the BS. 

10/14/2010, 22:11:39

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WhoDunIt
I kept waiting for the punch line. Then I realized the joke's on us. And it ain't very funny.

10/14/2010, 22:30:38

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Guest
You mean the comic is not true?  And, I was all set for some toxic mercury fish from that cartoon lake.

10/15/2010, 07:10:55

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Mr. P
The multi-decade corporate strategy to convince us that what's in thier interest is also good for us (land wrecklamation) and what's bad for them is bad for us (unions) has led, in my view, to a very ignorant society. But here's a lovely little more recent greenwash ad for ya: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/bringing_sexy_back.php

10/15/2010, 19:25:05

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you gotta be kiddin
I got a good use for this good land...  What about we live on it!

10/16/2010, 00:16:23

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expendable
I want to congratulate all the commenters here who are pedalling furiously on their stand bikes to generate the electricity to run their computers so they can surf the internet. I can't imagine how you manage to type and pedal at the same time.  
 
the smart ones I know are using wind generators with battery backup for when the wind doesn't blow. Everyone else probably have no idea how their electric company creates the electricity they're using. I'll give you a hint - if you don't live next to a hydroelectric dam or nuclear power plant, it's most likely coal.  
 
Strip mining is bad, yes. But the other kind of mining isn't fun either. In either case, you still have to do land reclaimation afterward or you just leave a giant mess for future generations to clean up.

10/19/2010, 21:00:49

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NeuroManson
You know Mr. Bright is trustworthy, he wears a HAT!

10/21/2010, 15:12:18

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renewable
@expendable: I like your point, except that other kinds of energy sources do exist. It wouldn't cause a lot of "oceantop removal" to cover parts of the gulf with wind turbines, nor would it destroy the sun to extend huge parts of land or ocean with solar. The point is we don't aggressively focus on these things (and other things) because, despite the clean and clear benefit, it's easier and more profitable for us to stick to bad wasteful methods that destroy the planet. But you're very right: It's either a pedal bike or a mined out mountain.

10/21/2010, 15:17:20

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