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Deep-sea mining: A new gold rush or environmental disaster?

Environmentalists warn deep-sea mining could cause major damage to ecosystems that scientists know little about.

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I'm pretty sure the original gold rush was also an environmental disaster that destroyed agriculture and introduced mercury contamination to the waterways, so this may be a bit of a false dichotomy.

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- See that was my first thought. The two things don't have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I'd say deep sea mining will be both!
  
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  They're the same picture.
  
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It can be two things.

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yes. some people will get extremely rich while the rest of us are left to pay for the clean up.

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- Oil and minerals from the Atlantians.
  
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