@appassionato@mastodon.social one of the most absurd aspects is that (if my understanding is correct) the whole "mining deep sea nodules" is based on fake science research papers published by the CIA to justify the GLOMAR Explorer "scientific expedition", and building the ship. All because they needed a cover story to the mission to try and steal a Russian sub (which failed, BTW). The incident that gave the world "we cannot confirm nor deny" also gave us "seabed mining" (99% of it is a financial scam).