Once Mr. Fakofsky, observing the miners, asked?
- Why are you digging in the ground? I wouldn't dig in the ground if I were you.
- Why is that? - the miners asked.
You see, the earth is usually dug in order to lie down in it and get back what you have taken - digging a grave in other words. You have a habit of dying. Quite a bad habit, I must admit.
- Ha ha," laughed the miners. - What about the minerals? Piotr Afonasyevich probably forgot that underground there is oil, coal and other minerals that we use.
- No, I didn't forget. But what makes you think they're useful? If you think about it, it's obvious that they only bring you harm and trouble. Besides, you're essentially chopping down the tree you're sitting on. I mean, you're digging your own grave.
By depleting the earth's interior, you are interfering with processes you have no idea about. In this sense, some viruses are smarter than you - they will never destroy their habitat, but rather adapt.
- Hmm, but we need fossils to heat our homes, to keep production going, and so on, don't we? - the miners disagreed.
- You are looking for the wrong source of energy," replied Pyotr Afonasyevich.
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