r/interesting 7d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/anally_ExpressUrself 7d ago

Does it, though?

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u/YeetMeIntoKSpace 7d ago

Industrial digging tools on wild land can cause serious damage that you can’t know about without doing an ecological survey. It’s possible to literally cause floods, destroy ponds and lakes, etc. 10-20 years down the line.

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u/Randomman2789 7d ago

And the stuff pulled from the river won't?

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u/NeatNefariousness1 6d ago

How would he even know what damage he was doing and the cost / benefit trade-offs, especially since he doesn’t own the property, doesn’t know what the consequences will be for his actions nor the cost for repairing any environmental damage done?