Sunday, March 11, 2007

Deep sea mining

New ocean uses may create new concerns. Now we have to worry about deep sea mining.

What are the impacts of dredging the deep sea for minerals? I don't know, but I doubt anyone else knows either. Given the lack of care exercised in the early days of ocean fishing, I'm not confident that deep sea mining will be carefully managed.

But I suppose I really shouldn't worry since concerns about impacts are already being dismissed as "knee-jerk environmentalism" by a geologist promoting deep sea mining. Yeah, and Silent Spring is still being attacked by some.

Let's hope that cool heads prevail and that ocean mining gets a thorough review before widespread dredging begins. Go to digistar and see for yourself their view of the future of ocean mining.

image: digistar

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