sabbah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoDeep-sea mining: A new gold rush or environmental disaster?www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down12
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minus-squareCombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoI’m pretty sure the original gold rush was also an environmental disaster that destroyed agriculture and introduced mercury contamination to the waterways, so this may be a bit of a false dichotomy.
minus-squareWidowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoSee that was my first thought. The two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I’d say deep sea mining will be both!
minus-squareschroedingershat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThey’re the same picture.
I’m pretty sure the original gold rush was also an environmental disaster that destroyed agriculture and introduced mercury contamination to the waterways, so this may be a bit of a false dichotomy.
See that was my first thought. The two things don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I’d say deep sea mining will be both!
They’re the same picture.