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Arcturion t1_iy2s1nb wrote

This is a good thing. What is not mapped, cannot be exploited.

It is not a coincidence that Japan is the leading country in mapping out its share of the ocean, and has mapped out 97.7% of its EEZ. Their govt has even told us why: -

>The Japanese government launched a project known as the Development of Innovative Technologies for Exploration of Deep Sea Resources, under its Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program, to come up with high-efficiency, low-cost deep-ocean resource surveying and extraction systems. New deep-water acoustic mapping technologies, exploratory autonomous vehicles and mud pumping machinery are in early testing.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-020-00528-8

Once more of the ocean has been mapped out, underwater mining and fracking will not be far behind, as well as the prospect of international conflict over undersea resources.

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Paladin327 t1_iy3olok wrote

Just wait until Elon brings up the idea of building ankther ship for seafloor mining of manganese nodules. He’ll definitly be up to something if he does that

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bak3donh1gh t1_iy2tvf3 wrote

Well, robots are gunna hafta get a lot more advanced for underwater mining. We're still waiting on robots to take over Mcdonalds.

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WhimsicalWyvern t1_iy3mq5a wrote

The cost savings of robots taking over McDonalds is still minimal or non existent. The cost savings of using robots in industrial applications is enormous, and has been advancing continuously at a rapid pace.

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Ulysses1978ii t1_iy35kb2 wrote

Pretty sure thats what the Russian flag under the ice near the North Pole was about a few years ago.

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fatDaddy21 t1_iy2v4xl wrote

The real TIL; hadn't given that much thought.

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