Buying gold on Akshaya Trutiya is a new trend that has picked up in south only during recent years. Today’s newspapers are filled with ads to nudge people to buy gold. Many people believe that the amount of gold bought on this would double soon in the coming years fetching them fortune.
But I was wondering about the implications of these precious metals. Mining a single gram of gold would mean creating 5 tonnes of mining waste – that is 5000kg of mining waste. An gold earring would leave half a truck load of waste.
It is not just about environmental waste, but also the communities that get affected in the wake of our attraction to the glitter. Read this article from WorldWatch Institute for more details.
After watching Blood Diamond, I am sure, most of us would not have the tendency to buy Diamond, Gold or any other precious metal.
Are these precious metals so important to lead a happy life?
This is totally new piece of information, never thought wearing a gold earing would cause so much waste! can u give some more reading material on this?
Actually there is loadza content on the internet. I came to know about this through one of my friends who is into protecting tribals from the ill-effects of mining. The article from world watch institute which I hv mentioned in the post is a good place to start.