Posted on 04/01/2009 5:28:44 PM PDT by decimon
BOSTON There's gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it's a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world. But new technology and worldwide demand have combined to make mining for these metals economically feasible for the first time.
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The United States still has not signed onto the Law of the Sea treaty, which has been stalled for decades by Senate opponents who say it requires the country to surrender important sovereignty rights.
The United States has been consulted as the rules have been drafted, but proponents say the country could be shut out from future claims to deep ocean mines, since the seabed authority would award the rights.
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Another preposterous notion brought to you by the globalists at the UN.
It’s time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.
Well deep sea mining will certainly help us develop technology for asteroid mining. Although I wonder if anyone’s ever done a cost benifit analysis comparing the two. It would seem to be easier even considering the energy involved to harvest metal from an asteroid then to go miles down under crushing pressure.
My view is that, with or without the UN, there will be some organization or organizations with the purpose of resolving disputes between nations. My problem with the UN is that it has some of the powers of an international government. I would not give to any external organization such powers.
I'd like to see someone look for dormant vents within the 200 mile limit and in shallower water.
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Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel (clathrate hydrate)
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Posted on 03/28/2009 5:44:09 PM PDT by decimon
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