11 thoughts on “Deep Sea Mining”

1. They are not mining a nuclear submarine this time right?

   1. It seems unlikely.

   2. Given the neighborhood in question, I’d think U.S. or Japanese capital ships of WW2 vintage would be likelier accidental discoveries. Not to say such wrecks wouldn’t have a fair copper content – maybe even gold.

2. Papua New Guinea ratified the treaty in January 1997. Since the operation is in their territorial waters, under the treaty they can do as they wish.

   1. I don’t know what your point is. I didn’t say that PNG wasn’t a signatory to the treaty.

      1. My point was that this IS being done under the Law of the Sea Treaty. Nothing in the treaty prevents countries from exploiting territorial waters, including extended economic exclusion zones, which is where this work is happening.

         1. And again, I never said it wasn’t, so your point remains pointless.

            Go back and read what I actually wrote, this time for comprehension.

3. Its about time. I wish them great economic success.

4. “The big question the locals are asking is ‘What are the risks?’ There is no certain answer to that, which should trigger a precautionary principle.

   You first have to verify that the precautionary principle does no harm by being applied. I think they will find that is impossible, just due to inherent logical flaws in the idea.

5. “The DSM campaign has compiled a report, co-authored by a professor of zoology from University of Oxford, which warns that underwater mining will decimate deep water organisms yet to be discovered by science,”

   So it’ll only kill 1 in 10 deep water organisms? That sounds pretty good! 🙂

   1. Think of how much we’ll all miss those 1 in 10 organisms yet to be discovered by science…

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