Good post, and something I think a lot of players overlook. Your average EVE denizen's thought process goes something like "hurr durr me mine belt, belt grow back eventually"; ignoring of course the tedious and manpower-consuming coding that goes into generating a new virtual resource.

The first step to making change is to educate others.

Firstly, you need to understand the "root" element being discussed: Asteroids

Asteroids are located throughout New Eden in Asteroid Belts which are mined with various ships for various purposes. For those wishing to learn more about finding Asteriod types, feel free to click here.

The most important thing to understand here to continue the flow of New Eden is to understand how to mine. I'm certain that this information would provide all would-be miners with the needed tools and knowledgebase to be effective miners in New Eden.

Hopefully this provides some foundation for discussion as many here have expertise in this area and can provide a plethora of knowledge on the industrial aspects of the game. Enjoy :)

Although abundant supplies of fullerenes were the darling discovery of the new wormhole regions, the influx of access to more raw minerals was not something that went unnoticed either. For many years, experts had postulated that the current supply in known space was beginning to fall slightly behind demand. Fortunately for all parties involved, the discovery of vast ore deposits in these far-flung, unknown areas ensured that such an event would not happen in the foreseeable future.

Popcorn? Check.

Tinfoil hat? Check.

Tree huggers in a space game? Meh....

No miner will heed or even read your warning; they have proven themselves to be AFK.

Clearly you fail to understand the catastrophic effects of a ship in warp collidiing with an asteroid!!! Miners deserve the love and...yes... reverence of every capsuleer for their selfless devotion to the practice of clearing these dangerous hazards to navigation.

Fly safe because we make it so.

I've warped into one before.

It threw me out at a high velocity.

Clearly you fail to understand the catastrophic effects of a ship in warp collidiing with an asteroid!!! Miners deserve the love and...yes... reverence of every capsuleer for their selfless devotion to the practice of clearing these dangerous hazards to navigation.

Fly safe because we make it so.

And what about the planets? They will get mined out to nothing at the same rate.

Think of the planets!

Bloody hippies.

Should capsuleers be allowed to continue unrestricted mining in known space?

Absolutely, even in the impossible event that we (laughs hysterically) run out of asteroids...

We need to continue to stock pile resources in the event of unknown regions ore supplies dries up due to over exploitation and/or increase activity in priacy.

Now, if we heed the warnings of our long haired asteroid hugging friends in our community, we only open ourselves up to finanicial and daily way of living to be gravely threaten.

Even now the demands for ore is so increasingly intense, that many of our friends in the ship building industry build ships at a loss of profit. Only increase mining these protected asteroid fields would have any hope in alleviating the pressures on our industry leaders.

If we restrict our mining, we endanger not only our commerce, but also our born right as capsuleers to prolifarate weapons and our war machines against all enemies foriegn and domestic.

Remember, to mine is to fullfill your corporations duty for being respectable capsuleers and gives us security against our enemies. To restrict mining is to fall victim to communistic ideas that threaten the very fabric of what it means to be a capsuleer.

Every two seconds, an area of asteroid field the size of Jita is lost due to belt stripping or destructive practices. Seventy two per cent of Caldari's intact asteroid landscapes and 55 per cent of the Null's have already been lost forever. Now the Gallante's belts face the same threat.

While the causes vary from region to region, they all have one thing in common: strip mining. Through orca stripping ,mob mining, multiboxing and crappy spawn, humankind is wiping out the asteroid belts - and the life that depends on them - at a terrifying pace.

What is being practiced now is unsustainable and will only harm the benefits of future generations(as in belt generations).
As the belts are stripped of their minerals , the upcoming spawn will be much smaller in quantity and much lower in quality.

For the sake of your own profit and the benefit of the whole of New Eden. Save the asteroid belts ,not just for your neighbors ,but also for yourself

Be in the know.
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best troll i've seen in a while.