You wanna kill a planet? Because strip-mining the ocean floor is how you kill a planet. archive.today/m1k6D - ThreadSky

jessicabess.bsky.social•9 days ago

Third Wild Robot book is about exactly this. And the orcas are not into it.

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gilltav.bsky.social•8 days ago

I think perhaps he does

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austenlied.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think he truly does want to destroy the planet.

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karen887.bsky.social•9 days ago

And cruelty is the point

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austenlied.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yep

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davidgoesplaces.bsky.social•9 days ago

Every depredation will hurt the poor in general and in the underdeveloped world especially, first and hardest. They know this and the laugh about it all day long.

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karen887.bsky.social•9 days ago

Agreed. There just aren't words anymore.

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caborose.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is so disturbing. They really don’t care about anything.. this would assuredly affect their lives, the lives of their children and the lives of their children’s children.

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jonfr500.bsky.social•9 days ago

International waters. I hope those ship get to the bottom of the ocean quickly.

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zakariah.bsky.social•9 days ago

Short sighted idiots have been hyping this get rich quick scheme since the 80s. Seems like the tech is unfortunately finally here. As with plastics, PFAS, & so many other things, we need to slow down the mass production of new inventions until they prove they won't kill us all. We got along fine b4.

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dtorchie.bsky.social•9 days ago

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Please give this issue some likes to boost awareness of the situation. I read this article in 2/2024 and now they are doing what was warned against

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dtorchie.bsky.social•9 days ago

“It’s also possible, these scientists warn, that deep-sea mining could disrupt the way carbon is stored in the ocean, contributing to the climate crisis.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/science/dark-oxygen-discovery-deep-sea-mining/index.html

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tyleraking.com•9 days ago

This is Russia-style shit. This is Japan hunting whales in Antarctica. This is illegal fisheries dragging the sea floor in Alaska. Except with the added bonus of poisoning the oceans and killing everything that lives in it.

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meehawl.com•9 days ago

if they're "international waters," then after you find something juicy, what's to stop any other company from just setting up their rig+base alongside yours?

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tyleraking.com•9 days ago

I’m sure the answer is going to be the US Navy, dumb as that is.

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dtorchie.bsky.social•9 days ago

“It’s also possible, these scientists warn, that deep-sea mining could disrupt the way carbon is stored in the ocean, contributing to the climate crisis.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/science/dark-oxygen-discovery-deep-sea-mining/index.html

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tyleraking.com•9 days ago

“No commercial-scale seabed mining has ever taken place. The technological hurdles are high, and there have been serious concerns about the environmental consequences.”

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russ.amodernremedy.com•9 days ago

This puts "going out of the way to mess with the environment" to whole new depths.

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childrensclimate.bsky.social•8 days ago

Also, the nodules belong to all mankind today and in the future and to mine it will be to break international law.

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