That all changes if you upgrade your ship and focus on automation, if your still running around shooting rocks you’re doing it wrong you set up either auto miners or deep surface mines I would argue the entire point of the game is to rise above the mundanity, and combat has that Fallout problem where it almost deliberately sucks until you upgrade everything don’t get me wrong it’s no COD and fighting sentinels feels tedious and boring but I don’t think they actually want you fighting them I think it’s supposed to be like real life in you avoid fighting law enforcement if at all possible, fighting pirates can be really fun but sentimental’s just infinitely respawn.
Recycling is literally a scam plastic either can’t be recycled, can but are not recycled, are recycled while producing more waste than would be saved by not recycled or incinerated. Recycling plastic has never been possible they knew that from the beginning and nothing changed with modern technology. This is just shifting the blame back to himself.