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It might a bad idea explore an extreme place like deep ocean, isn't?
Someone else living down there, we should respect their rights .
F that, I don't want no kaiju or hibernating alien coming to the surface.
Let's not mine the fkn seabed
No
Obvious answer NO
Leave the ocean alone you destroyed the land for Creed now you are targeting the the sea,,,
If the mining industry starts mining the ocean floor, the ocean water will start to get warmer, killing sea life! The reason why, the earth's crust below the ocean is the thinnest, probably three miles before hitting the mantles heat! This three mile buffer barrier, protects the heat from rising! Mining, will make the earths crust thinner, allowing heat to rise. This has happened already to some ocean areas already, making the water warmer, causing fish to die...
It will happen. Regulations ,if existent, will not be followed, a lot of serious damage will be quickly done to the environment. No one will be responsible for whatever. Consequences for all of us. Yeah… I guess it might be a lot of joy coming . Michel de „Mare nostra“.
Let's cleanup the whole seabed and destroy the environment and world 🌍 😢😢
Fracking-is-very-bad
NO NO NO Stop destroying the planet!
Well, why not? We've messed up everything else, so why not the bottom of the ocean as well... and money and the making thereof will always trounce the environment. Also, per a recent conversation that I participated in, science will say whatever money wants it to say - i.e.: look to the sponsor of the research, and don't just look at their brief for the research project. Look at their business, their ethos, their investments, their directors, etc. That will help to indicate the real motivations of the businesses involved. Also, there is no such thing as green technology whilst something on our planet needs to be mined or exploited, and we need to be clear on that.
Might be groundingly chilled frost under there. Dont admire the urchins . theyll get stuck on ya skin.
We could limit the area used to 0.01 % off the sea bead and that would last for a good while.
I like those two podcasters bonding
Weapons? What kind of weapons?
Don't! Alternative battery chemistries, electrolytic mineral refining, recycling, tailings reclamation and other things are making this unnecessary. Claims about the urgency in critical minerals are being amplified by the oil & gas industry to cast doubt about the electrification and renewables.
It's going to happening? So regulations + care for sea life is needed. There were of doing sea mining that helps sea life + improve sea life area too. Alot people believe sea mining + sea farming industries are the future + can help climate change around the world + improve farming + renewable energy technologies long-term.