Open cut hard rock mining, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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"According to economists such as Julian Simon, non-renewable resources (such as gold which is seen being mined here on a large scale in Kalgoorie (sic), Western Australia) are actually becoming more abundant as time goes on and as population grows."
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