Barron is zeroing in on one of the few remaining environments on Earth that is still close to pristine, and extracting these nodules can cause irreparable harm. So maybe we should not just stand back and watch some rich megalomaniac throw open the door to commercial scale plunder. 5/

What's up with Australian mining tycoons? Here's another one, playing hero in Gaza, dreaming of solving hunger with his technocratic fantasy - presenting starvation as a problem of logistics, as opposed to intent. There's no technological solution to ecocide, no technological solution to genocide 6/