Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi Stoker View Post
I also wonder with all the technology on hand why they didn't investigate how to mine without having to rip up the trees etc. And that it wasn't ever mentioned that the humans wanted to mine underneath the big tree to the Na'avi.
Maybe because strip mining is cheaper than other types of mining - like tunneling. At least that's the argument they're using now.

I think the Home Tree was on top of the largest deposit of "Unobtainium" - the ore they're mining for. The head honcho did say something about it early in the movie. The humans just thought the native village was on top of the large deposit, with a big tree - not that the tree was the village.

"Unobtainium" - you'd think they'd come up with a better name..... What numbnut thought of that in a drunken stupor?