Deep-sea mining… 🤔

Sure, why not? Every other industry we’ve tried has made money for capitalists, had no side effects, and never caused problems. Right?
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Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown substantially in the last decade and mining activities are anticipated to begin soon. Deep-sea mining poses significant risks, not only to the area immediately surrounding mining operations but also to the water hundreds to thousands of feet above the seafloor, threatening vast midwater ecosystems.
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More info here — https://climateandcapitalism.com/2020/07/10/deep-sea-mining-threatens-more-than-the-seafloor/

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“When you realize that under capitalism, a forest isn’t worth anything until it is cut down, you begin to see where the ecological crisis comes from.” - Adam Idek Hastie
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