Thanks for the kind words and the read.

Your comment was better than the story!

It has always sort of freaked me out that companies do this to the planet:

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f1acd_e159d3f7d39f420a98b0b99824d81c2f~mv2_d_5616_3744_s_4_2.jpg

I do realize we have to extract minerals, etc., and I realize that there are no regulations that could change the size of that hole. I'm just saying that it has always freaked me out a bit.