Deep sea miners have turned water hoses on Greenpeace activists attempting to block their prospecting in the Pacific Ocean, according to footage released by the NGO.
For the past week, an international team of Greenpeace activists have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct the Coco, a deep sea mining exploration vessel, as it collects data to file for a mining permit for waters between Mexico and Hawaii.
On Friday, after a Dutch court largely refused an application by miners to stop the protests, sailors on board the Coco appeared to turn hoses on the activists.
This is a pretty standard defense plan for large ships; they often also collect lethal weapons from an offshore armory.
Curious if they would be liable if the little boat filled with enough water to sink it.
Would be a great album cover
Well it’s in international waters so anything goes, I guess. Could be worse
… for them
Man just get torpedoes.
That does seem more effective than a canoe, but also more expensive than they can probably afford.
I mean it would be a longer lasting statement than just getting wet.
Why would they be wet if they sank the miners instead of floating in a canoe next to them?
They wouldn’t be wet if they just sink them
Green Peace is a terrorist organization.
Number of deaths attributable to Green Peace vs number of deaths attributable to polluters?
Number of governments coup’d by Green Peace vs by polluters?
I have a feeling the facts won’t play out in favour of your accusation.
Totally agree. Have we already forgotten about things like the deepwater Horizon?
Some of the richest people on the planet are also involved heavily with mining, and that is only because their cost of doing business is the environment and other people’s health.
We’re trading those things for their profits
Here in Australia in fact, they’re running campaigns to try to convince people of how great their renewable gas is (despite only being 5% renewable at the moment, and it’s still incredibly inefficient to produce hydrogen compared to battery tech, whilst also wasting fresh water)
