The point is it’s ok for it to be done in some far away place’s but it would not be ok on your doorstep right now.
I lived in north wales as a kid and visit family regular, so i know exactly what the effect is.. I now live in an area mined for coal and the problems that that brings. The resources have to be gotten from somewhere and the cost of rare metals is rising.
It’s not ok to do this but it is ok to do that. Make no mistake alot don’t care about how the things needed are gotten only that they are gotten. So we can live our lives now and at some point everything is just not sustainable like the human population, on some things we agree but on others we do not. but thats ok..