But even then they do not figure in the "external costs," like the impact on downstream residents, destruction of the scenery, and so on. Thus they lack objectivity, argues botanist Chen Yu-feng: "It doesn't matter how many reports there are, it's only important if they make a comprehensive assessment."
但他們並未把採礦的外部成本，譬如對下游居民的影響、生態景觀的破壞… … 考量進去，因此失去客觀性，植物學者陳玉峰認為，「報告有幾份無所謂，有無全盤考量才重要。」