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Is it not good practice to scuttle equipment at sea to encourage the habitat for sealife? I thought we --countries who do this-- often do it to provide marine
by mc32 4y ago
Is it not good practice to scuttle equipment at sea to encourage the habitat for sealife? I thought we --countries who do this-- often do it to provide marine habitat.
- MrVandemar 4y agoI suspect it's more to get rid of something. I can't imagine that all the oil, lubricants, fuel-residues, breakdown products and so on are any good for marine life at all. The "for marine habitat" sounds like marketing.
- mc32 4y agoI’m not too sure about that. The NYC drops their old subway cars into the bay. So it depends on how the ships or vehicles are disposed: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue/wk208-shipwrecks-habitat-feature.html https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue/wk208-shipwrecks-ha... The main concern being ship cargo and any potential for contaminants exceeding toxicity levels.
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- whydat_whodat 4y agoNo offense, but to me I interpret your perspective as: "People with stuff to get rid of tell me its good to dump it in the ocean. They said it's a good thing, so I take their word for it without critically analyzing its actual environmental impact-- plastics, metals, chemicals used in subway cars or vehicles... hey, they said it's ok, so it must be ok!" I ain't buying it :D But then again I am an environmentalist & conservationist-- I am concerned about the apparently infinitely growing ubiquity of synthetic chemicals, due to aforementioned actions mentioned and the apparently common lack of objection (if people are even aware it is happening).