Using Google Earth to See Destruction

An anonymous reader writes "On Monday, an environmental advocacy group [Appalachian Voices] joined with Google to deliver a special interactive layer for Google Earth. This new layer will tell "the stories of over 470 mountains that have been destroyed from coal mining, and its impact on nearby ecosystems. Separately, the World Wildlife Fund has added the ability to visit its 150 project sites using Google Earth."

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yamato!

[User 956]

On Monday, an environmental advocacy group [Appalachian Voices] joined with Google to deliver a special interactive layer for Google Earth.

What a letdown. By "special interactive layer", I was expecting shared control of an orbiting laser cannon.

the mountains are our future homes

[jerbenn]

We have to quit destroying all the mountains. We will need them to live on after all the coal we burn causes the water levels to rise due to global warming.

Re:the mountains are our future homes

[jerbenn]

I have been labeled as a troll. I thought mountains are where the trolls live?

The solution is easy.

[Anonymous Coward]

Paint the mountains green!

When I saw the headline

[Hobbs0]

I thought Google had stuck a satellite over the middle east and had it continually taking pictures or something. Then I read the summary. Bit of a disappointment let me tell you.

Re:The real story

[kqc7011]

Was the coal burned in power plants to power Googles server farms?

What's the range on that?

[Kadin2048]

Suppose that Google gives 10 shoulder-fired missile launchers and an arsenal of 200 missiles to the guerillas in Peru. In exchange, the Peruvian guerillas agree to kill 50 poachers and blow up 10 Korean fishing vessels.

Those would be some sort of impressive shoulder-fired missiles, to hit Korean fishing vessels from Peru...

Unless those Koreans are really going out of the way to get their fish, that is.