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We're going to need exponentially more metals of all varieties to build all the green tech to save the environment, and they have to come from somewhere. If de
by scottLobster 3y ago
We're going to need exponentially more metals of all varieties to build all the green tech to save the environment, and they have to come from somewhere. If deep sea mining makes economic sense then let's do it!
Now, if deep sea mining only makes economic sense because misguided policy prevents land based mining for the same materials, then sure let's revise the policy instead.
But we need to de-carbonize. If there's any industry that should get a pass on carbon emissions it's mining for industrial metals.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoIn my country, the party that proclaims the end of the world due to climate change (note how it is no longer just „global warming“) shut off the last remaining nuclear power plants, increasing lignite consumption. Holding conflicting POVs at the same time is not a challenge for these people.
- FredPret 3y agoThey aren't conflicting points of view... because these people don't care about the climate at all. If they did, they'd be all for: - transitioning dirty fuels to natural gas - transitioning natural gas to electric - nuclear power - economic growth (green solutions are expensive and only rich people care about the environment) - dense cities But as you point out, they cherry-pick only some of these. The reason is simple... they believe in one or both of two things: - getting elected - anti-humanism The medieval Christian belief in an inherently wicked humanity (original sin) has been replaced by a modern anti-development, there-should-be-fewer-of-us mindset.
- MrBuddyCasino 3y agoPretty much. As the saying goes, „communists won WW2“.
- makeitshine 3y agoI can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. "Let's destroy the environment to make tech to save the environment," does not sound like a great idea to me.
- kortilla 3y agoIt only sounds like sarcasm because you made a childish equivalence between the two. Literally everything we are doing is “destroying the environment” at some level, including everything to save the environment.
- MrVandemar 3y agoThere is no “save the environment”. Simply can't be done. 150 species go extinct every day. There's no “saving the environment” that accounts for even a tiny fraction of that relentless genocide. The only effective strategies to in any way ameliorate our environmental impacts are deeply unpalatable to the vast majority of people: less people, less consumption.