Even if the Lele River Walami mines could produce stone as beautiful as the Italian, some scholars are still skeptical: "Is it really necessary to use the country's most precious, irreplaceable resources to go and manufacture tables and ashtrays, which have no value-added and for which there are already substitute products available?"
即使樂樂溪的瓦拉米礦脈能開出媲美義大利的石礦，也有學者質疑，「是否要以國家最寶貴的不可再生資源，去製作毫無附加價值，又有代替品的桌子、煙灰缸？」