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> Ok, but then what happens when a ship gets too old to use if not scrapped? The old fashioned way is to scuttle a ship. I would guess that scuttling a ship s
by steve19 11y ago
> Ok, but then what happens when a ship gets too old to use if not scrapped?
The old fashioned way is to scuttle a ship.
I would guess that scuttling a ship so that it descends into a deep sea trench would have minimal environmental impact. Any toxins would be contained by the immense pressure.
- vacri 11y agoScuttling a ship doesn't get you the millions of dollars that you get from selling it to a scrapyard.
- jessaustin 11y agoThe scrapyards that have gone out of business aren't paying that. Their competitors, finding themselves in a more monopsonistic situation, might not be either.
- vacri 11y agoI misread the article, where it says at the moment ship owners are getting $3.6M less than they used to. I thought it said that that was what they were getting.
- nl 11y agoI would guess that scuttling a ship so that it descends into a deep sea trench would have minimal environmental impact. Any toxins would be contained by the immense pressure. No, that's not how it works. Any vessel unable to withstand the extreme pressure will rupture, and then anything contained within it will move to the point dictated by its density.
- ghshephard 11y agoScuttling has ceased by the US federal government because of the environmental impact: http://www.ban.org/2012/09/06/u-s-government-ends-the-sinking-of-old-shipsas-artificial-reefs/ http://www.ban.org/2012/09/06/u-s-government-ends-the-sinkin...