You underestimate how far-fetched the suggested thought experiment is—it presumes if there is some dangerous extraction away from populated areas (like a rig of

You underestimate how far-fetched the suggested thought experiment is—it presumes if there is some dangerous extraction away from populated areas (like a rig off shore), then there must be cities created there so that any trouble is felt and observed by humans first and then the rest of the ecosystem. For now there’s a social outcry if oil spills far away, but imagine you see dead ocean out of your window. Could be a sci-fi setting…