Its bad because the people doing the mining are evil, not because it has to be bad.

All mining operations are Cabal owned. They don't give a fuck about our environment, they just want us to care. Its a path of control.

Mining could be a perfectly fine thing, without excess pollution (or child slave labor, etc.). Good recycling infrastructure could also be a thing.

There are many potential solutions to the problems with the tech. The tech is not the lie, the people doing all the bad shit are the lie.