Deep sea miners have turned water hoses on Greenpeace activists attempting to block their prospecting in the Pacific Ocean, according to footage released by the NGO.
For the past week, an international team of Greenpeace activists have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct the Coco, a deep sea mining exploration vessel, as it collects data to file for a mining permit for waters between Mexico and Hawaii.
On Friday, after a Dutch court largely refused an application by miners to stop the protests, sailors on board the Coco appeared to turn hoses on the activists.
- silence7 ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) 3•10 months ago
This is a pretty standard defense plan for large ships; they often also collect lethal weapons from an offshore armory.
- Pyr_Pressure ( @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ) 1•10 months ago
Curious if they would be liable if the little boat filled with enough water to sink it.
- CJOtheReal ( @CJOtheReal@ani.social ) 3•10 months ago
Man just get torpedoes.
- solarvector ( @solarvector@lemmy.zip ) 21•10 months ago
That does seem more effective than a canoe, but also more expensive than they can probably afford.
- CJOtheReal ( @CJOtheReal@ani.social ) 5•10 months ago
I mean it would be a longer lasting statement than just getting wet.
- WalrusDragonOnABike ( @WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago
Why would they be wet if they sank the miners instead of floating in a canoe next to them?
- CJOtheReal ( @CJOtheReal@ani.social ) 1•10 months ago
They wouldn’t be wet if they just sink them
- JokeDeity ( @JokeDeity@lemm.ee ) 2•10 months ago
Green Peace is a terrorist organization.
- Cypher ( @Cypher@aussie.zone ) 14•10 months ago
Number of deaths attributable to Green Peace vs number of deaths attributable to polluters?
Number of governments coup’d by Green Peace vs by polluters?
I have a feeling the facts won’t play out in favour of your accusation.