Willem Marks

But now because of the advent of these remote controlled vehicles, these incredibly strong winches that can move things like these grabbing devices down there, this is all becoming a lot more accessible.

But now because of the advent of these remote controlled vehicles, these incredibly strong winches that can move things like these grabbing devices down there, this is all becoming a lot more accessible.

But now because of the advent of these remote controlled vehicles, these incredibly strong winches that can move things like these grabbing devices down there, this is all becoming a lot more accessible.

There are arguments for and against like many of these things. We need as a species to reduce carbon emissions, right? No one really questions that. And one way to do that is to transition the way that we generate and use energy into techniques that are less likely to emit carbon molecules into our atmosphere. And one way of doing that is using electric vehicles, let's say.

There are arguments for and against like many of these things. We need as a species to reduce carbon emissions, right? No one really questions that. And one way to do that is to transition the way that we generate and use energy into techniques that are less likely to emit carbon molecules into our atmosphere. And one way of doing that is using electric vehicles, let's say.

There are arguments for and against like many of these things. We need as a species to reduce carbon emissions, right? No one really questions that. And one way to do that is to transition the way that we generate and use energy into techniques that are less likely to emit carbon molecules into our atmosphere. And one way of doing that is using electric vehicles, let's say.

They need huge amounts of material, more than we know we have on Earth right now. So if everyone's going to drive an electric car one day, let alone everyone in developing nations that don't even have cars yet, and I'm talking 30, 40, 50 years down the road, stuff, material, metals, minerals. If that is needed, where is it going to come from?

They need huge amounts of material, more than we know we have on Earth right now. So if everyone's going to drive an electric car one day, let alone everyone in developing nations that don't even have cars yet, and I'm talking 30, 40, 50 years down the road, stuff, material, metals, minerals. If that is needed, where is it going to come from?

They need huge amounts of material, more than we know we have on Earth right now. So if everyone's going to drive an electric car one day, let alone everyone in developing nations that don't even have cars yet, and I'm talking 30, 40, 50 years down the road, stuff, material, metals, minerals. If that is needed, where is it going to come from?

But then you balance that with this idea that these activities could have huge damaging impacts on environments we don't really understand in the deep sea, and we don't really understand what those deep sea environments mean for our broader atmosphere, for instance. That really is concerning. This was a story again about powerful people and powerless people.

But then you balance that with this idea that these activities could have huge damaging impacts on environments we don't really understand in the deep sea, and we don't really understand what those deep sea environments mean for our broader atmosphere, for instance. That really is concerning. This was a story again about powerful people and powerless people.

But then you balance that with this idea that these activities could have huge damaging impacts on environments we don't really understand in the deep sea, and we don't really understand what those deep sea environments mean for our broader atmosphere, for instance. That really is concerning. This was a story again about powerful people and powerless people.

You go to these local villages, those people don't feel they have a voice. They don't feel like they're being listened to. They don't feel like they're even being seen.

You go to these local villages, those people don't feel they have a voice. They don't feel like they're being listened to. They don't feel like they're even being seen.

You go to these local villages, those people don't feel they have a voice. They don't feel like they're being listened to. They don't feel like they're even being seen.

And then you have outside investors, outside engineers, outside companies operating over the horizon, doing work that's not being broadcast or published or talked about, and it's certainly not sharing their information with those local communities or even necessarily with all of the local government officials you end up having that, what I think of as an informational inequality.

And then you have outside investors, outside engineers, outside companies operating over the horizon, doing work that's not being broadcast or published or talked about, and it's certainly not sharing their information with those local communities or even necessarily with all of the local government officials you end up having that, what I think of as an informational inequality.

And then you have outside investors, outside engineers, outside companies operating over the horizon, doing work that's not being broadcast or published or talked about, and it's certainly not sharing their information with those local communities or even necessarily with all of the local government officials you end up having that, what I think of as an informational inequality.

It really does strike me as something that needs strong global coordination, particularly if we're going to move into international waters, deep sea mining. And part of that will obviously focus on ensuring that local communities benefit from this kind of activity if it does go ahead as much as some of the billionaires involved in it.

It really does strike me as something that needs strong global coordination, particularly if we're going to move into international waters, deep sea mining. And part of that will obviously focus on ensuring that local communities benefit from this kind of activity if it does go ahead as much as some of the billionaires involved in it.