Gotta wonder if the Green groups can't see the wood for the...

Gotta wonder if the Green groups can't see the wood for the trees lol.
Does make you wonder if all they see is MINE/REFINERY and go into auto must STOP mode without realising that these refineries and mines are needed to produce most of what we all, including them, use and need in this world.
Apart from timber products, clothing and food there's not a lot that we use that isn't mined.
To me it seems nonsensical to want to stop a cleaner cheaper world beating new process.
What do they see as an acceptable alternative, the status quo in places like China or third world countries?