Deep Sea Exploitation

[mark4183]

I strongly disagree with this, I am all for exploration and discovery but we as humans have a terrible track record of ruining eco systems

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40248866

 

[simon ess]

The only alternative, sadly, is to stop consuming.

That won't happen, so the stuff to consume has to be found.

 

[Mr Bump]

The only alternative, sadly, is to stop consuming.

That won't happen, so the stuff to consume has to be found.

yep that is pretty much it, if we all want cars, iphones, gadgets, endless plastic crap etc.

i once read somewhere where the average western person consumes 700 x more resources than the average chinese peasant.

well you have 2 billion chinese peasants that all want the full western package.