Deep-Space and Deep-Sea Mining Could Begin Soon, regulated or whatever the heck.. Mining the seafloor could boost global production of clean energy technology (???) – and destroy the oceans in the process. Big machines would scrape the seafloor, scooping up nodules while kicking up clouds of sediment, potentially damaging the deep sea on a vast scale by removing habitat and species and altering ecosystems. But the capitalists have better gujju-type imperial ideas.. Instead of studying and learning, let’s tear and bulldoze the seafloors and spaces apart in order to make money, lots and lots of money, for X trillions GDP targets, towards economic supremacy greed while smartly covering-up its future consequences!