Being Green - 09 Apr 2021

You quite often see big ocean-mining vessels tied up alongside in the harbour, with – to me at any rate – intriguing engineering gear towering up out of their innards, and specialized pumps and mining what-not on display. And somehow there’s also a tinge of apprehension about what exactly happens down there on the ocean floor, out of sight. Ocean diamonds are big business and important in our extraction economy, oil and gas exploration goes without saying, so we won’t say it, there are other desirable minerals prospected and mined. Hopefully with due regard to the environment.