Ocean floor mining

[mashman]

Yes. Not a NZ company in sight.

Nor have they avoided the tax in question, apparently.

Cool... that means that that sort of shit doesn't happen... I'll sleep so much better tonight.

[Robert Taylor]

by christ. i hope you work 365.
you know the weekend is just qa socialist labour -party driven con, for all those lazy mooching so-and-so's, you're completely right, white guys should fuck the whole earth for money. great fucking idea.

my lot? you don't have a fucking clue, and all this counter-intelligent, shit you spout about whites being a more advanced/civilised society?? back under your rock, knuckledragger.
and the dis-ingenious argument twice debunked already, that all modernity should be forsaken because "white guys brung it"... fuck sake.

And unlike your rantings I've got the courage to be up front about who I am. The racism is happening from your corner.

There are plenty of crocodiles in the swamp chomping at taxpayer dollars, instead of just fending off those that approach the boat maybe the swamp should be drained

[Ocean1]

Cool... that means that that sort of shit doesn't happen... I'll sleep so much better tonight.

What sort of shit? Tax avoidance? I indulge as heavily as possible at every opportunity I get, the fuckers get far more from me than is reasonable.

Tax evasion, not so much.

When you grow up someone might explain the difference.

[Tazz]

We don't even know the half of what's down there and we want to drag some dredges through it. Typical.

The racism is happening from your corner.

Might be that it just seems so normal to you to splash a bit of racism around that you don't even notice you're doing it...ignorance is bliss as they say.

[george formby]

We don't even know the half off what's down there and we want to drag some dredges through it. Typical.
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Godzilla!

Yeah but na. An industry & technology in it's infancy targeting isolated impoverished island nations with promises of wealth and no collateral damage.
No really big mining corps behind it yet. Possibly waiting to learn how not to do it first. What could possibly go wrong extracting vast quantities of rock & sediment from around volcanoes on the ocean floor?

I'm not a hat knitting, tree hugging, beardie. I like flicking a switch and having light, hot showers are nice, too. Common sense, transparency & responsibility are all I ask.

I am confused as to why this decision is being made with no obvious discussion when there is a huge furore over oil & gas exploration. Established & regulated (ish) industries.

Underwater diggers? Sound bloody cool, wonder if they will be yellow?

[mashman]

What sort of shit? Tax avoidance? I indulge as heavily as possible at every opportunity I get, the fuckers get far more from me than is reasonable.

Tax evasion, not so much.

When you grow up someone might explain the difference.

I know you do.

Bottom line tax avoidance and tax evasion are both morally desperate acts that the entitlement brigade avail themselves of in order to feel as though they are getting what they deserve. Kind of sad really, but then I guess a parent's love only go so far.

[mashman]

What sort of shit? Tax avoidance? I indulge as heavily as possible at every opportunity I get, the fuckers get far more from me than is reasonable.

Tax evasion, not so much.

When you grow up someone might explain the difference.

And have some more companies "avoiding tax"... funny how tax avoidance is legal yet these guys had to settle. Bunch of selfish white muthafuckas sucking NZ dry under their entitlement complex as an excuse to do so. So very pathetic.

[Akzle]

And have some more companies "avoiding tax"... funny how tax avoidance is legal yet these guys had to settle. Bunch of selfish white muthafuckas sucking NZ dry under their entitlement complex as an excuse to do so. So very pathetic.

fuckup, it's dem negro beneficiaries who are a drain on society's monies doncha know

[Robert Taylor]

We don't even know the half off what's down there and we want to drag some dredges through it. Typical.



Might be that it just seems so normal to you to splash a bit of racism around that you don't even notice you're doing it...ignorance is bliss as they say.

If being one of the enormous number of hard working New Zealanders ( of many blood streams not just ''white guys'' ) that are sick to death of the rort from revision of history and constant unjustifiable handouts then yes Ill happily be called a racist. But realist is a more appropriate term.

As for tax evasion its clear that there are a few here that are smoking some ''good stuff''. Are you paying tax on that?

It seems there are a few people living in glass houses

[mashman]

fuckup, it's dem negro beneficiaries who are a drain on society's monies doncha know

Ahhhhhh but most of their cash, if not all, goes straight back into the local economy.

[oldrider]

Ahhhhhh but most of their cash, if not all, goes straight back into the local economy.

True! It's designed that way too!

[Winston001]

Yeah but na. An industry & technology in it's infancy targeting isolated impoverished island nations with promises of wealth and no collateral damage.

What could possibly go wrong extracting vast quantities of rock & sediment from around volcanoes on the ocean floor?

I'm not a hat knitting, tree hugging, beardie...Common sense, transparency & responsibility are all I ask.

I am confused as to why this decision is being made with no obvious discussion when there is a huge furore over oil & gas exploration. Established & regulated (ish) industries.

I'm with you George. This proposal has been under way for a while but as you say, appears to have been ignored by the general public.

Iron is one of the most common elements in the earth's crust so we aren't going to run out of it any time soon but concentrated deposits are obviously the most valuable. Its a bit of a worry though digging into the sea floor and pretending everything will be fine. Humans don't have a great record when it comes to mining.

[Winston001]

The other thing which annoys me is here we have a raw resource - iron sand and what do we do? Sell it to be shipped off to other countries where they smelt and manufacture the steel. What a wasted opportunity.

[Crasherfromwayback]

The other thing which annoys me is here we have a raw resource - iron sand and what do we do? Sell it to be shipped off to other countries where they smelt and manufacture the steel. What a wasted opportunity.

With you there 100%.

[awa355]

First half of this article explains just how little we know of the seafloor.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11275817

The area that is being looked at for mining, would that be on the conternental shelves, or deep deep ocean floors?