Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@Ekuahx]

I'm a mining engineer and wrote my master's thesis on this. Saying this is ready for extraction in 2026 is laughable. Dredging tests from the 70s are still visible as if they were done yesterday because the sedimentation rate is near non-existant. The environmetal impact from this is off the charts, unlike anything we've ever seen.

[@xxFireFox86xx]

Well, that depends on how you look at it. Are you a glass half-full, or a glass half-empty kind of person? /s

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

The glass is half full, and they wanna empty it. A pristine ecosystem Shouldn't be sacrificed for the sins of humanity. Maybe yall just don't deserve cars

[@Jedicake]

The only thing that should be dredged is a Darkblast

[@RocafellaPlaza]

*LIBERAL* We're gonna "Drill Baby, Drill"

[@nunya-d2t]

K - and we'll all be dead by the time there are any meaningful consequences - so who cares?

[@candycane7665]

Im an ex-miner and ex-driller. I have seen first hand the damage that is left behind after the mining process. Many companies state they will do reclamation to the area mined. But after they finnish mining they walk away and declare bankruptcy. Some times they put the mined area into a neutral state they call care and maintenance. Basically they monitor the area but nothing gets done. My point is if they can't reclaim old mining areas on the surface they sure as hell can't do it on the sea floor.

[@vKarl71]

Thank you. You can't "restore" ecosystems that took hundreds of millions of years to develop. Leaving decisions about the future of the earth to mercenary criminals like mining companies, fracking companies, Wall Street - and Democrat & Republican politicians is a guarantee of ecological collapse, which is now obviously under way, as it has been for over 100 years. Here's a video on the ocean tipping point for climate change: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHmxf4pumMR5l6M

[@michelleshava1477]

😢

[@ArchOwl]

you have to build a system such that the wrong people are incentivized to make it work. and until governments threaten companies with meaningful consequences, they're not going to follow the rules

[@michaelanderson5747]

Here in west central Indiana, the environmental damage from strp mining coal is still visible 3 generations later with fields and steep hills of shale clay that fail to support vegetation and the invertebrates that sustain higher biological diversity. Reclamation promises were left undone due to greed, bankruptcy and indifference.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

@@michaelanderson5747 Is Mr. Oliver a scientist? Citing a strip mine in this discussion is comparing apples to sea sponges. There are ways to minimize sediment dispersal while collecting the nodules. Also, a logical thing to do to avoid too much damage to the creatures there is to skip harvesting areas - maybe only harvest 50% of the area. IMO, Oliver is a Leftist blight who seems to celebrate the death of Reagan and basically called an intelligent woman such as Phyllis Schlafly a "deranged Conservative". Oliver seems a lot more deranged than Phyllis, TBH.

[@ElDesperado7]

I regularly use my combine harvester to collect golf balls from the golf course. It berely disturbs the native millionaires and the screams are just the air escaping as they get sucked into the harvester. This is totally safe.

[@GSBarlev]

Thank you for helping usher in a more sustainable future for mankind. God bless. 🙏

[@g.f.martianshipyards9328]

Here we have it, the best comment.

[@vtr0104]

I hope I'm back here in a week and your comment has tens of thousands of likes :|

[@VioletE420]

Seems legit.

[@Commanderziff]

You gotta remember, they don't feel pain like we do.

[@nomorepikachu]

The delivery on the Reagan punchline was absolutely flawless.

[@USCTrojan2013]

Makes me want to Scatter jelly beans on the gravestone..

[@sikandarrana6377]

Reagan was a master bull shitter for the interest of the corporate lobbyist and Father of modern Islamic fundamentalist breeding organizations. He was the one who supported and encouraged Islamic jihad in Afghanistan in 80s and helped to fund likes of Bin Laden. Reagan also laid the foundations of demolishing Glass Steagel Act and Clinton completed the demolition. Ordinary Americans got screwed as result of that and America became Great again. I mean super rich got hyper rich.

[@beetlejuiceblues12]

Like can we given him another Emmy just for that?

[@NathanSimonGottemer]

Many liken Reagan to a monster. Godzilla would be offended by this comparison and honestly I don’t blame him

[@AlyseSalih]

0😅0n​@@beetlejuiceblues12

[@melfy4168]

it makes me so happy to see someone with a platform talking about this. I'm a marine biology major and did a paper on deep-sea mining, and it was insane learning about all the issues the mining could cause and then finding out that the ISA is basically set to let companies do it anyways in a couple of years. The deep sea is an ecosystem like no other and the callousness that these people regard it with makes me so angry.

[@poindextertunes]

cmon man dont you want this guy to get another jet? 😒

[@absbabs6153]

Yeah it's kind of crazy that all these companies already know these things, but will still go out of their way to hire their own scientists and basically just lie to the public and we're all just supposed to expect that a company funding its own research wouldn't have the company's best interests in mind?....it's crazy how aware these people can be and still not care because there's a chance to become rich

[@ehaaron]

john oliver show is such a globalist shill.,

[@geewhizdude21]

Have you seen what they've accepted as treatment to those in the Congo? They'll stop at nothing 😢

[@Jasonsoloka2024]

Then you know the ocean will be too acidic for most life sometimes in the 2030s anyways

[@michelangelomissoni945]

One of the main reason animal life looks so different in the deep sea is that it has essentially been a sanctuary for ancient life during multiple mass extinctions. For over 400 million years since the Cambrian Explosion the deep sea has remained more or less isolated. Then humans appeared.

[@andmos1001]

Humans have become an extinction event…

[@KidHorn7001]

That and there's no visible light, it's always close to freezing, and the water pressure is enormous. And I don't think the deep sea has been as immune to extinction events as you think it's been.

[@littleman6950]

​@andmos1001 if we make it another 100 years, it might be on a galactic scale.

[@southpawfrenzy]

Humans are basically the Fire Nation of Earth's species.

[@jvsantosfan7044]

​@littleman6950 That's if we don't extinct ourselves first

[@CryptoTonight9393]

How anyone can think harvesting something that takes millions of years to form could ever be done sustainably, or would be the answer to ANY other ecological problem boggles my mind.

[@enider]

They don’t, they are lying in the name of profit

[@DaveB-hg7el]

Yes to both the original comment and the reply. This is capitalism running rampant over us all. 😢

[@TikuTuga]

Oil....

[@resevil2396]

People are insanely short-sighted, especially when there is money to be made. Plus many people have a view that because human life has yet to experience any serious and obvious consequences from environmental damage due to industry, any environmental concerns are overblown nonsense.

[@palexanderrice]

Because capitalism

[@introvertedmaestro]

The "He died" line from John was probably the most serious tone of voice I've heard.

[@OctaveIndustries]

Respect for John and the Last Week Tonight team for bringing attention to serious impending issues that are more difficult to commentate instead of reaching for the low-hanging fruit that is our country's ongoing political turmoil.

[@shiny_x3]

yeah it's so cool he's defending the rights of microbes at the bottom of the ocean rather than like, actual people.

[@ArchOwl]

⁠@@shiny_x3 "won't somebody think of the millionaires?"

[@Bacbi]

​@@shiny_x3I'm not an expert on how ecosystems work. Maybe there is in fact nothing to fear long term for any of it. Where it would end up being just fine. If however it doesn't go fine. It would have a pretty big affect on people so I don't see your argument holding much water.

[@everentropy]

@@shiny_x3 Did you watch the episode? There's literally medical advances for HUMAN beings that would be held up. It's all connected

[@debtoralive4693]

The true meaning of the human experience According to those who have had a near death experience as reported by a man who shows no judgements. Just an empathic soul who feels a need to help those who grieve for lost loved ones. A great service for all. These near death experiences all have a common thread. My so-called empathic “enlightenment” allows me to find some sense of a world that is filled with ordered chaos. I used to despise my existence here on Earth, as many others like myself claim, who are here already. If you feel tired of religious traps and guilty accusations that your good soul is going to hell, is a bunch of nonsense that is filled with values instilled to some at a very young and impressionable age. It makes it difficult to distrust that guilty sentence of hell eternal for non believers of their faith. After reviewing several of this man's guests, each with their unique story about true ascension to a higher being. This is a version of your personality that lacks any negative emotions. Many are tied to Christianity here in the US, and It's not bad to be a true Christian who shows empathy and a real need to be a better human in a non judgemental way Religion is not exactly correct, and is an archaic guilt ridden way of life. My science based realist attitude caused me to search for the meaning of life. I have found it, and will not tolerate ridiculous accusations about hell fire. I am familiar with this near death experience myself. I had mine and saw my two full lives. One my impression of my life, the other my real life. My personal view was ny foolish desire to be heard with some credibility. After this, I felt them communicating as if I sensed words and it seemed like a kind of exhilarating and positively enjoyable and happy sort of madness. These were undoubtedly fun beings who let me review my own life, and I did it all January 1st, 2024, long before seeing any of these videos recently. While my mental health counselors have never before, in 11 years of so called therapy, worried about my sanity. In fact, just the opposite. I learned from them and through much research into mental health, I consumed all I could on the subject, only to become somewhat of a natural behavioral specialist and rise well beyond their talents. Never have any disorders like schizophrenia have ever come up. I am now 60 years old. I owe my search for an answer to being an ADD sufferer. More like the absent minded professor if you ask me. My research has been unfocused, but I love the short documentaries on youtube that help my attention span in nice short formats. But I was never a true atheist because of all the strange things I have seen, felt and questioned my entire life. To be brief, let me say that our souls are in a body, as if it were a type of a cocoon, waiting to die and send your consciousness through a negativity removal and it is a frightening process and is what we call hell. It is not a thing for a punishment or even a reward for being good. This process is beyond my ability to understand fully, but is based solely on the guilt you may feel for reasons only you might truly know. Simply put, no negativity can pass into this new realm we all go to. It is a cleansing process that over time has been twisted into a guilty person's hell. A true atheist gets truly what those religious zealots see as hell for non believers. And it is true, but the best part is that you in some way, plan your life before you are born and you truly design this cleansing as per your contract. Evil begins here with an imaginary evil selling souls for success, but those most evil are going for a gold letter, and know what cleansing with no guilt might afford them. All victims of suppression are also volunteers eager to get a reward later for a guilt free ending here on Earth from an oppressor. It is confusing for us here and so I leave that alone. The earth is my only real confident area, as you might guess, and I feel man's misled sense of justice and revenge, are all negative emotions and must be rebuked before death and you can ascend without pain or fear. Our human spirit does not ever die. We just evolve, and man is too modern to believe in these ridiculous religions which cause too many negative emotions. You are always free to do anything on Earth but die. Free will is as confusing a paradox for me, as are the implications of time travel paradoxes. I only know the answers about our science based existence, and we are children trying to fix a universe we are not ready to understand yet. We are not exactly aliens, if you are worried, but yes, we could be defined in such a way as documented throughout history. Trust in science here, but tread carefully, as it is influenced by pride and money. And though I doubt it, it is possibly all wrong. I am skeptical about the true reality of this rock we call home. But we will know more when we leave. Never worrying about death and its true light is not an evil, but a blessing to a better planet which may lead us, like a second coming of Christ, to a better and happier life here for all. Millions like me are seemingly waking to form an army to cover the earth with the reality we must face, and it means love will reign instead of hatred. Worry about sin later. It is not a sin to consider alternate views as long as you keep your judgements and mockery to yourselves. I have done bible study and read it like a book, from cover to cover and found beauty in the new testament too. And some very sexually deviant behaviors. Do not ruin this opportunity for those who need this real truth. You will feel love when you cleanse your soul, like when asking forgiveness in a way that is truly desperate. We can shed quiet guilt here easily by remorse and confessions to those offended. Always apologize for any bad behavior against others you would not like yourself. Never seek revenge, be passive and aggressive only in defense of yourself. We seem to love to hate good too much. Like crucifying Jesus. But we almost never see our own bias or egos. Try to listen to the angel on your shoulders, not the braggart. I do not receive any monetary gain for my truth and want to remain unknown to the population. I am a single individual, with worry in my soul.

[@eclipsingshadows5421]

Me: “Wow, so many cool creatures are down there.” Also me when I remember what show I’m watching: *panic*

[@Secret_Takodachi]

..... 😲 " RUN YOU FREAKY LITTLE FISH, JOHN OLIVER IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOME! *HE'S MISTER SAD FACTS! HIS FACTS ARE ALWAYS SAD!* " 😂❤

[@GSBarlev]

The Dumbo Octopus is my zodiac sign, and I will fight to protecc.

[@jm2307]

This show is responsible for at least 14% of my general anxiety

[@soyevquirsefron990]

Good news. There’s more life 3 miles down than you can imagine Bad news. Capitalism doesn’t care about that life either

[@Buceesfanmaarten]

Who cares about a few deep sea fish that we don't ever see anyway? I don't get this weird religious environmental fundamentalism, we should do what's best for people not butterfish or whatever they're called.

[@selohcin]

It's always a "glass half full" situation when you're the one benefiting from harm inflicted on others.

[@kittinallen4738]

I would say that the glass might always look half full when you're the one going to be getting incredibly rich and with that wealth, be able to ride out the worst of the planet dying until you pass away (or put yourself in some deep freeze with the intention of having future societies revive you once they know how - using as much of those metals as you need to put together a battery that won't die until well after you anticipate the new society of being able to revive you and the bunker to host the people you've paid to form a sort of cult around the protection of your little freezeypop body, having enough stored genetically varied sperm to ensure that the people who live in your little cult complex can reproduce without having to become incestuous. - which my only happiness when considering this is not just the absolute disappointment that would result from him being revived however many centuries later, the utter rage of having been lied to about who/what they were protecting and the sacrifices their ancestors made and passed down in their religion over this guy.... But also the thought that, maybe, someday, something will go wrong in his complete hubris over being in control of nature and his ability to extract whatever he wants without the earth getting really really mad that the little scabies on its surface are now deciding to make their way down to the preserved little unfertilized earths kept safe for so long, which are what allow the earth to die, retreating to one of the little nodules in its last breath, fertilizing it and initiating it being able to grow into what becomes life on the planet again. And the little scabies that have ravaged every area they can touch with their grubby little extremities are interested in getting the very things that allow their ability to stay alive, and that maybe one day, asshat might wake up and witness the destruction he wrought, and have no way to do anything other than be in significant endless pain as the earth has tried to take back whatever fuckery we have done to fuck up and extract every resource, uniting them with things that allow us to suck out all the energy until it is completely expended and unable to be returned to the earth without doing significantly more damage to it than it did to remove it the first time. And that he will have his hubris and greed turned back upon him as the earth attempts to hold on to the last bit of life it has, not enough to do anything, but enough that his body is being used to power the Earth as he tried to use the earth to power himself. That, or he gets revived by some new species that sees him as incredibly primitive, their species the one which evolved after millions of years, and he's laughed at for his tiny penis and kept in a cage as a test subject and fossil that can tell them about the incredibly stupid species which destroyed themselves and how he must have been one of the more stupid ones to get stuck in a freezer, thought of as about as complex as a a sea slug, and potentially able to provide some benefit to the new species by way of being tested on, chemical compounds assessed, giant rabbit ear grown on his back, etc. that makes me kinda happy to think about. I mean, him waking up at all is laughable after so long, but if he did, and his brain comes back online, his body just incapable of any movement, trapped and unable to escape because he thought he was gonna save himself from all the destruction he wrought upon everyone and everything else....)

[@DreadX10]

Yep, the glass is always completely full. The "half glass full"-people tend to only look at the part they are interested in and do not consider the other half (the half they erroneously call empty).

[@Cal-wk5dq]

Emptying our pitcher to fill their glass.

[@JGLy22086]

Oh so true!

[@debtoralive4693]

The true meaning of the human experience According to those who have had a near death experience as reported by a man who shows no judgements. Just an empathic soul who feels a need to help those who grieve for lost loved ones. A great service for all. These near death experiences all have a common thread. My so-called empathic “enlightenment” allows me to find some sense of a world that is filled with ordered chaos. I used to despise my existence here on Earth, as many others like myself claim, who are here already. If you feel tired of religious traps and guilty accusations that your good soul is going to hell, is a bunch of nonsense that is filled with values instilled to some at a very young and impressionable age. It makes it difficult to distrust that guilty sentence of hell eternal for non believers of their faith. After reviewing several of this man's guests, each with their unique story about true ascension to a higher being. This is a version of your personality that lacks any negative emotions. Many are tied to Christianity here in the US, and It's not bad to be a true Christian who shows empathy and a real need to be a better human in a non judgemental way Religion is not exactly correct, and is an archaic guilt ridden way of life. My science based realist attitude caused me to search for the meaning of life. I have found it, and will not tolerate ridiculous accusations about hell fire. I am familiar with this near death experience myself. I had mine and saw my two full lives. One my impression of my life, the other my real life. My personal view was ny foolish desire to be heard with some credibility. After this, I felt them communicating as if I sensed words and it seemed like a kind of exhilarating and positively enjoyable and happy sort of madness. These were undoubtedly fun beings who let me review my own life, and I did it all January 1st, 2024, long before seeing any of these videos recently. While my mental health counselors have never before, in 11 years of so called therapy, worried about my sanity. In fact, just the opposite. I learned from them and through much research into mental health, I consumed all I could on the subject, only to become somewhat of a natural behavioral specialist and rise well beyond their talents. Never have any disorders like schizophrenia have ever come up. I am now 60 years old. I owe my search for an answer to being an ADD sufferer. More like the absent minded professor if you ask me. My research has been unfocused, but I love the short documentaries on youtube that help my attention span in nice short formats. But I was never a true atheist because of all the strange things I have seen, felt and questioned my entire life. To be brief, let me say that our souls are in a body, as if it were a type of a cocoon, waiting to die and send your consciousness through a negativity removal and it is a frightening process and is what we call hell. It is not a thing for a punishment or even a reward for being good. This process is beyond my ability to understand fully, but is based solely on the guilt you may feel for reasons only you might truly know. Simply put, no negativity can pass into this new realm we all go to. It is a cleansing process that over time has been twisted into a guilty person's hell. A true atheist gets truly what those religious zealots see as hell for non believers. And it is true, but the best part is that you in some way, plan your life before you are born and you truly design this cleansing as per your contract. Evil begins here with an imaginary evil selling souls for success, but those most evil are going for a gold letter, and know what cleansing with no guilt might afford them. All victims of suppression are also volunteers eager to get a reward later for a guilt free ending here on Earth from an oppressor. It is confusing for us here and so I leave that alone. The earth is my only real confident area, as you might guess, and I feel man's misled sense of justice and revenge, are all negative emotions and must be rebuked before death and you can ascend without pain or fear. Our human spirit does not ever die. We just evolve, and man is too modern to believe in these ridiculous religions which cause too many negative emotions. You are always free to do anything on Earth but die. Free will is as confusing a paradox for me, as are the implications of time travel paradoxes. I only know the answers about our science based existence, and we are children trying to fix a universe we are not ready to understand yet. We are not exactly aliens, if you are worried, but yes, we could be defined in such a way as documented throughout history. Trust in science here, but tread carefully, as it is influenced by pride and money. And though I doubt it, it is possibly all wrong. I am skeptical about the true reality of this rock we call home. But we will know more when we leave. Never worrying about death and its true light is not an evil, but a blessing to a better planet which may lead us, like a second coming of Christ, to a better and happier life here for all. Millions like me are seemingly waking to form an army to cover the earth with the reality we must face, and it means love will reign instead of hatred. Worry about sin later. It is not a sin to consider alternate views as long as you keep your judgements and mockery to yourselves. I have done bible study and read it like a book, from cover to cover and found beauty in the new testament too. And some very sexually deviant behaviors. Do not ruin this opportunity for those who need this real truth. You will feel love when you cleanse your soul, like when asking forgiveness in a way that is truly desperate. We can shed quiet guilt here easily by remorse and confessions to those offended. Always apologize for any bad behavior against others you would not like yourself. Never seek revenge, be passive and aggressive only in defense of yourself. We seem to love to hate good too much. Like crucifying Jesus. But we almost never see our own bias or egos. Try to listen to the angel on your shoulders, not the braggart. I do not receive any monetary gain for my truth and want to remain unknown to the population. I am a single individual, with worry in my soul.

[@arwenae]

And just weeks after this aired, various news outlets (I got it from the BBC) announced that researchers have found that these nodules are probably responsible for producing vast quantities of oxygen down on the ocean floor. Disrupting that system could have absolutely catastrophic consequences.

[@Joely3912]

THIS ^

[@randomname4726]

Once again, A rich asshole screws us all.

[@riskinhos]

just like chopping trees. but that's ok, right?

[@arwenae]

No.

[@ShaniTaylor-j8k]

THIS- we saw articles in the US about this, from the Science News magazine/website.

[@benbroekhuis8778]

The last 5 minutes were the most important part for me! I work in battery research and one of the primary focuses of the field right now is transitioning away from nickel and cobalt in the cathodes. Heck, we already have LiFePO4 for LIBs, which has no nickel or cobalt whatsoever. On top of that, we’re developing Na-ion battery cathodes fairly quickly now, and hope to completely avoid Ni and Co in favor of other, more abundant materials.

[@zivotshonzou]

Seems research is only way how to stop this stupidity. Really now the batteries def not saving planet. Hope this will change

[@DILFDylF]

I have nipples, could you milk me and use the milk as a battery?

[@AMortalDefiant]

The majority of EVs are now made with LFP batteries despite "news" sources continuing to say that EVs require lots of cobalt and manganese. While older EVs did, most of the ones produced today do *NOT* use them (at least, not for the batteries). This also pretends that internal combustion cars do not *also* use those rare earth metals (like palladium in catalytic converters, etc.). And, of the few EV brands that still use cobalt, the batteries contain less cobalt than the typical cellphone, Apple Watch or laptop computer battery does, while the media typically try to make it out to be an outrageous amount. Most of the time when cobalt is mentioned alongside EVs, it is FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) used as propaganda to prop up the obsolete internal combustion engine, and the fossil fuel industry. Part of the problem with rapidly-evolving fields like EVs and the batteries they contain is that people keep dredging up old news from five or ten years ago, and try to pass that information as current (such as the cobalt concerns). Much of the fearmongering over EVs is due to bad-faith actors bringing up old concerns which are either already solved, or which will soon be solved. When change happens rapidly, it's easy to keep people disinformed.

[@grmpEqweer]

Thank you for doing this vital work, I hope you get paid a LOT.

[@sarahwatts7152]

Is there a possibility to make these batteries in tandem with desalination plants?

[@Yourmission9]

“Saving the planet by pillaging more from the planet” My word of the day is “skeptical”

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And we have a philosopher's stone! - What about the three million dead people in the pile behind you? PHILOSOPHER'S STONE!!!

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

We could just like stop. Just stop. I don't need all this shit and even if I did I can buy a used one. No more treats. Why do we even deserve cars?

[@miamisasquatch]

Ben Finegold might call it suspicious

[@sarcastaball]

@@miamisasquatchit’s like playing f3

[@nerfherder4284]

That Barron idiot put zero thought into how we would power a world full of electric cars either. I think I'd describe him as the Australian Elon Musk....

[@Mrgoofyoops]

It’s easy to understand why this show wins the Emmy every year, AND it has won 11 other awards, many of them multiple times.

[@DopeyDetector]

Dopey

[@ttvrevolversmoke9214]

Your measuring the value of something based on how many emmys it gets 🤦

[@ttvrevolversmoke9214]

Saturday night live must be the most important show of all time then

[@dagordon1041]

Absolutely. I LOVE this show.

[@Mrgoofyoops]

@@ttvrevolversmoke9214 Actually…..the only reason I knew about the emmys is because Seth Meyers brought it up when Mr. Oliver was on his show. Some time later I decided to verify that and discovered the rest. You are basing your comments on your concepts. Fail.

[@woodychopp]

the plumes can be explained like this: imagine you're walking around in the desert somewhere and an alien ship sprays you with a giant sandstorm from bellow and from high up in the air; you would die pretty much immediately and so does everything else. but even worse than a sandstorm you're also treated to the same dust that gives miners black lung mixed in with the sand. and are pelted with the metallic grit that comes out of a rust remover.

[@contemporarydncethot0382]

I used to love scuba diving and cave diving. kicking up sand and sediment is one of the worst things that can happen when you're down there 😮 people can drown in fairly safe and shallow water if too much silt is stirred up, it's very disorienting. At the size they talk about, it's like a volcanic eruption 😮

[@4RILDIGITAL]

It's heartbreaking to see how the deep sea, one of the last untouched corners of our planet, is at risk of exploitation. While we need to transition to renewable energy, it's crucial to ensure we aren't causing irreversible damage to our oceans in the process.

[@thegreattaiyou]

All because one yuppy rich kid decided that corner of the sandbox is his and got his (paid) friend to agree. Capitalism is The Great Filter. We are watching it in real time.

[@slash196]

We have to cause "irreversible damage" to SOMETHING. Either the land, or the ocean floor, or the atmosphere. Sign me up for the ocean floor.

[@BassRck50-xv8iz]

Already past the tipping point for survival, there are just too many of us!

[@miguelladinodevera614]

​@@BassRck50-xv8izFallout 2 intro goes like that and I quote: "War. War never changes. The end of the world occurred pretty much as we predicted. Too many people, not enough space to go around..."

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@@slash196 we've already caused irreversible damage above and below sea level. This is just extra damage

[@laalaa99stl]

Whoa. A John Oliver deep dive that's _actually_ a deep dive!

[@jennyanydots2389]

You makin' jokes? This is not a game brugh.

[@AcidSugar1414]

No one said it’s a game. It’s not THAT deep. Though The Deep would probably have something to say, too.

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@AcidSugar1414 Brugh you can't Handle the truth!! Yet you want the Truth!? Brugh, you can't Handle the truth!!

[@13699111]

Good one

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Fruit salad Yummy yummy

[@cattibingo]

Do you want to awaken the Old Ones? Because this is how you awaken the Old Ones

[@OmnipotentSpud]

Some things are better left undisturbed, lest they awaken an ancient evil.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Ok but we would deserve it and I for one welcome Cthulu as our new overlord

[@MinersLoveGames]

"Awakening the Old Ones" is exactly what I need to complete my BINGO Card!

[@sea_triscuit7980]

​@@skeetsmcgrew3282what do you mean "we". I haven't done jack squat to deserve Cthulhu haha

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@sea_triscuit7980 Cthulu would beg to differ. And you know what happens when you disagree with Cthulu

[@Cal-wk5dq]

Anyone that's kept an aquarium will understand how drastically minor changes to water parameters can damage living organisms. Even tiny changes in pH, water hardness, copper, nitrate, nitrite, or ammonia can straight up kill everything in the tank.

[@shilombaba]

We finally got you ! with confession ! How many have you killed ?? how many ??? you monster.

[@Cal-wk5dq]

@@shilombaba Fortunately just a few plants so far.

[@laurie_guilbeau]

Exactly. The minerals in the nodules are clearly affecting the pH of the water or they're doing SOMETHING necessary and beneficial to the environment. EVERY ecosystem maintains a perfect balance. And each ecosystem affects others; the earth is one big ecosystem. You can't just take the nodules and expect the ecosystem to not get damaged.

[@ciel1083]

what's water hardness?

[@Cal-wk5dq]

@@ciel1083 the amount of calcium and magnesium in water.

[@connorwalters9223]

I think the biggest thing that irks me is that there is no guarantee that the metals extracted from deep sea mining will be used in sustainable projects. Sure, they could be used in electric vehicles (which, by the way, have there own problems), but they could be just as easily used in other projects powered by fossil fuels. We’re allowing these companies to exploit this resource on the promise that the middlemen they sell these resources to will in turn sell them to sustainable/carbon neutral companies.

[@badpanda1532]

Fossil fuel projects are the current state of the economy for one reason. We don’t need anything different than what we’ve had access to for centuries. Moving to newer technologies is requiring metals that we haven’t run across in huge, easily accessible amounts. You put large quantities of lithium, nickel, neodymium or other metals into the market and the fossil fueled industry wouldn’t have a use for them. If you made ice available in huge quantities, it wouldn’t be the Eskimos buying it up…

[@hebert415]

I think it’s important to also acknowledge that mining these minerals is incredibly energy intensive. It’s in a remote area of the planet under 50,000’ of water. Bringing the ore out of the water, and then to a processing facility, and THEN refining them into something useable will require a lot of fossil fuels.

[@robo5013]

@@hebert415 3 miles, 15,000 feet.

[@0Clewi0]

@badpanda1532 the reason is just lobbying

[@emvv3784]

yeah its all just capitalist window dressing. the guy just wants to make money by ravaging, pillaging, and exploiting pristine ecosystems, he so obviously doesn’t give a fuck about climate change. this will always be the case for business owners. everything they say other than “i want more money and will stop at nothing to get it, even the death of the planets ecosystem doesnt matter to me” IS A LIE. that is ALL these deranged psychopaths care about.

[@Jarethenator]

This is a really important story, more important than a lot of folks give it credit. Glad to see it being covered.

[@terry1912]

I'm always glad to see John Oliver take on critical topics like this, but sadly, I haven't seen any real actions to resolve these issues. I'd be thrilled to learn that his in depth report on deep sea mining actually caused the world to leave it alone.

[@AltuveLJ]

@@terry1912at least he’s spreading awareness. You really expect him to also fix the problem? He is, but one man!

[@rubiconnn]

I mean if we have to choose between damaging the ecosystem in a small area at the bottom of the pacific ocean or damaging the ecosystem of the entire planet above water I think we should choose to keep mining these things.

[@abeautifuldayful]

@@rubiconnn False choice. Both can be avoided with better planning.

[@tentiapoe]

@@rubiconnn found this for ya 20:12

[@treelobster6137]

Attenborough has said that he's learned over the years that the wonderful natural world, full of beauty and life, is but a shadow of what it was, and there is nowhere on Earth left untouched by the influence of humans and our industry. It's chilling and sad, knowing that there are things we've never seen or touched yet we've managed to thoroughly destroy them.

[@CountingStars333]

Doesn't matter. We will inherit the stars. Lots of life in the universe.

[@nicolasherget3226]

​@@CountingStars333you must be kidding

[@treelobster6137]

@@CountingStars333 Let's get there first though, yeah? Can't inherit a thing if we kill ourselves off before we can reach it.

[@gurra63able]

@@CountingStars333 there will never be any trip for a biological human to any other solar system with a life determining planet the distances are so great that it will be impossible, but it won't be impossible for bot robot machine with some human memory maybe, a biological human never stop with those sci-fi romantic dreams.

[@PaulMacLean-n4j]

Oh you win the prize . You will gain the stars with demise We all will . We will not develop enough before we choke .

[@bencoomer2000]

So I got to review a paper on using depleted fracking sites to store dangerous chemicals. The conclusion was that it was imminently feasible except that the drilling operations would NEVER take the time and care to make sure the sites could be used. Their bottom line and desire to be completely off the hook for their actions made a pretty important way to get rid of some very dangerous stuff we don't know what to do with impossible. I think this probably applies here. Even if the metals were desperately needed, the mining corpos would NOT take precautions or even reason into account before damaging everything beyond repair and then complaining about "burdensome regulations hurting BUSINESS" when we tried to save anything.

[@probsnooneyouknowtbh3712]

If there's one thing we should've learned by now, it's that you can't just take stuff out of an ecosystem and expect it magically have no effect.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Hey now. Those mountains won't pave themselves, and those oceans won't kill themselves neither!

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I would argue you similarly can't (literally cant) have a globe-spanning species that dominates every ecosystem it encounters without doing permanent damage. I have to admit, if I had to choose between this and land mining, I pick land mining. But while humans are the dominant species we will never have environmental equilibrium

[@jennyanydots2389]

I add stink to the atmosphere on the regular

[@jonbolton491]

Deep sea mining = bad. Typing about deep sea mining on a smart phone made with mined rare metals and powered by oil from deep sea mining = crickets

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@jonbolton491 I can tell you struggle to deal with skid marks in your drawers on the regular.

[@erenkad7154]

"If I don't steal it, someone else is gonna steal it" mentality here.

[@whiskyjames4200]

Alcan Minerals mined out two of Jamaica's parishes for over 6 decades. And -- left them with large football size craters that were supposed to be filled. But, are still there today. 💯🇯🇲

[@rinishan]

Yep. Companies don't care to clean their mess after the profit has been extracted 😢 surely they wouldn't care any more in areas that are harder to access.

[@DennisMoore664]

If they left the site cleaner than they found it that would be one thing but they almost never do. Mining companies are some of the worst frakers on the planet.

[@dz1480]

Too be Fair: a Football isnt that Big.

[@V888S]

💔

[@paintthecosmos840]

@@dz1480 Pretty sure they meant "football field"

[@colinbogle8701]

Coming from Jamaica where the negotiations are taking place, let me just say much respect to John for highlighting the greed and lack of regulation underpinning the arguments that we can mine the ocean floor. MINE THE JUNK, NOT THE OCEAN!

[@contemporarydncethot0382]

Anyone's who's ever owned a fishtail can tell you that even a *Tiny* change in the water quality can kill everything in the tank 😢😮

[@stansse1880]

As a structural engineering grad student at the U of Illinois in the early 1980s, I took an ocean engineering class from a renowned professor in the field. We discussed the nodules and I did a short report on mining them from the seabed. Sounded "great" then as now. Except the ideas on how to do it were highly theoretical and as a practical engineer, it seemed totally pie-in-the-sky. It sounds no better today, only worse given the environmental considerations. And without Law of the Sea treaty ratification, the world will not appreciate our doing anything about such mining efforts. Oliver should save this story and can then replay it again in another 40 years and it will still be just as relevant.

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

cool.

[@toddmarshall7573]

What was the make up. All I heard was nickle and cobalt.

[@stansse1880]

@@toddmarshall7573 Oliver mentioned some of the various metals, but I recall from my research over 40 years ago, manganese was a bigger. Virtually unlimited supplies, 15,000 + feet away.

[@loicvanderwielen]

I'd say the only way to do it that wouldn't cause massive harm would be to pick nodules individually with an arm and bring them to the surface but there are still two issues with that. First, it would be massively slow meaning it would only be profitable once the cost of the mined metals rise quite sharply and, second, although it removes the massive harm caused by the sediment plume, it still causes the smaller harm of removing the nodules from the seabed as these are used as a habitat for counltess organisms.

[@Djamonja]

So what you thought in the 80s, 40 years ago might not have changed? Do you not think that is a bit unscientific?

[@_baert]

It's so extra maddening because WE KNOW how detrimental what we're doing is and the companies continue on regardless. It's not as if this is 200 years ago and they didn't have the knowledge or realization it was so damaging.

[@fenrirgg]

And the companies do it because we pay for it.

[@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies]

Crazy enough, companies 200 years ago ALSO knew that they were doing insane amounts of damage. Maybe not the FULL scope, but environmentalists have been pushing back against fossil fuels and mining since it became industrialized.

[@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies]

​@@fenrirggNo ethical consumption under a broken system. I would bike to work if I could afford to live nearby. I would only buy local groceries if they were available year-round. I wouldn't drive so much if passenger rail was reliable. I do what I can in the world I've been given, same as everybody else.

[@survivormary1126]

Like when they put lead in paint for that pretty blue - now putting it in food, or every pos spraying roundup knowing it's killing the planet.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

@@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies I agree totally. I am in Washington, DC, and for the first year of the pandemic, because we weren't out and about, the air got better because we no longer had two and three hour commutes. We discovered that *the vast majority of our work **_could_** be done from home.* Then the restaurants, parking garages, and especially the commercial real estate owners in DC started complaining about lost revenue, so we were forced to come back to work in person. And *now, we're back to pre-pandemic traffic, pollution, and pain.* Working from home - for those who can do so - makes far more sense for the environment. But the *GREED* of certain businesses/people overrules it. I think it's because half the time, *the old people making the decisions know they'll be dead in a few years, so they don't care what happens to the planet or those left behind.* 😢

[@tuckerbowen4626]

correcting someone despite being on their side and knowing that nobody actually cares about the details might be the most relatable thing i've ever seen John do

[@MykytaVorontsov-hg8sb]

About wolfsheeping?

[@tuckerbowen4626]

@@MykytaVorontsov-hg8sb yeah that part

[@debtoralive4693]

The true meaning of the human experience According to those who have had a near death experience as reported by a man who shows no judgements. Just an empathic soul who feels a need to help those who grieve for lost loved ones. A great service for all. These near death experiences all have a common thread. My so-called empathic “enlightenment” allows me to find some sense of a world that is filled with ordered chaos. I used to despise my existence here on Earth, as many others like myself claim, who are here already. If you feel tired of religious traps and guilty accusations that your good soul is going to hell, is a bunch of nonsense that is filled with values instilled to some at a very young and impressionable age. It makes it difficult to distrust that guilty sentence of hell eternal for non believers of their faith. After reviewing several of this man's guests, each with their unique story about true ascension to a higher being. This is a version of your personality that lacks any negative emotions. Many are tied to Christianity here in the US, and It's not bad to be a true Christian who shows empathy and a real need to be a better human in a non judgemental way Religion is not exactly correct, and is an archaic guilt ridden way of life. My science based realist attitude caused me to search for the meaning of life. I have found it, and will not tolerate ridiculous accusations about hell fire. I am familiar with this near death experience myself. I had mine and saw my two full lives. One my impression of my life, the other my real life. My personal view was ny foolish desire to be heard with some credibility. After this, I felt them communicating as if I sensed words and it seemed like a kind of exhilarating and positively enjoyable and happy sort of madness. These were undoubtedly fun beings who let me review my own life, and I did it all January 1st, 2024, long before seeing any of these videos recently. While my mental health counselors have never before, in 11 years of so called therapy, worried about my sanity. In fact, just the opposite. I learned from them and through much research into mental health, I consumed all I could on the subject, only to become somewhat of a natural behavioral specialist and rise well beyond their talents. Never have any disorders like schizophrenia have ever come up. I am now 60 years old. I owe my search for an answer to being an ADD sufferer. More like the absent minded professor if you ask me. My research has been unfocused, but I love the short documentaries on youtube that help my attention span in nice short formats. But I was never a true atheist because of all the strange things I have seen, felt and questioned my entire life. To be brief, let me say that our souls are in a body, as if it were a type of a cocoon, waiting to die and send your consciousness through a negativity removal and it is a frightening process and is what we call hell. It is not a thing for a punishment or even a reward for being good. This process is beyond my ability to understand fully, but is based solely on the guilt you may feel for reasons only you might truly know. Simply put, no negativity can pass into this new realm we all go to. It is a cleansing process that over time has been twisted into a guilty person's hell. A true atheist gets truly what those religious zealots see as hell for non believers. And it is true, but the best part is that you in some way, plan your life before you are born and you truly design this cleansing as per your contract. Evil begins here with an imaginary evil selling souls for success, but those most evil are going for a gold letter, and know what cleansing with no guilt might afford them. All victims of suppression are also volunteers eager to get a reward later for a guilt free ending here on Earth from an oppressor. It is confusing for us here and so I leave that alone. The earth is my only real confident area, as you might guess, and I feel man's misled sense of justice and revenge, are all negative emotions and must be rebuked before death and you can ascend without pain or fear. Our human spirit does not ever die. We just evolve, and man is too modern to believe in these ridiculous religions which cause too many negative emotions. You are always free to do anything on Earth but die. Free will is as confusing a paradox for me, as are the implications of time travel paradoxes. I only know the answers about our science based existence, and we are children trying to fix a universe we are not ready to understand yet. We are not exactly aliens, if you are worried, but yes, we could be defined in such a way as documented throughout history. Trust in science here, but tread carefully, as it is influenced by pride and money. And though I doubt it, it is possibly all wrong. I am skeptical about the true reality of this rock we call home. But we will know more when we leave. Never worrying about death and its true light is not an evil, but a blessing to a better planet which may lead us, like a second coming of Christ, to a better and happier life here for all. Millions like me are seemingly waking to form an army to cover the earth with the reality we must face, and it means love will reign instead of hatred. Worry about sin later. It is not a sin to consider alternate views as long as you keep your judgements and mockery to yourselves. I have done bible study and read it like a book, from cover to cover and found beauty in the new testament too. And some very sexually deviant behaviors. Do not ruin this opportunity for those who need this real truth. You will feel love when you cleanse your soul, like when asking forgiveness in a way that is truly desperate. We can shed quiet guilt here easily by remorse and confessions to those offended. Always apologize for any bad behavior against others you would not like yourself. Never seek revenge, be passive and aggressive only in defense of yourself. We seem to love to hate good too much. Like crucifying Jesus. But we almost never see our own bias or egos. Try to listen to the angel on your shoulders, not the braggart. I do not receive any monetary gain for my truth and want to remain unknown to the population. I am a single individual, with worry in my soul.

[@62Movement]

@@MykytaVorontsov-hg8sb Wolf Dog Dog evolved from wolf protecting animals from wolves John summed it up. It’s weird.

[@ejaq.12]

I'm a chemical oceanographer and I have two main comments (while also agreeing that this would be a disaster for the ocean if it goes ahead): First, 30 seconds into the video and CBS Morning has already said something incorrect. The oxygen minimum zones in the ocean are generally much shallower and don't occur in the center of the Pacific. Also, there tends not to be large organisms there because you really need oxygen if you're larger than a microbe. I'm guessing they meant the Twilight Zone. Second, I just attended a Radium/Radon conference where a speaker was talking about deep sea mining and The Metals Company's extraction method. Basically, these nodules have a very fine dust coating them that produces large amounts of radon. For workers who are working in a storage area or cleaning the belts that transport the nodules, they will be exposed to large amounts of radon gas, which is similar to cigarette smoke in its ability to cause cancer when breathed in. No one is talking about the health risks to humans as well. There are no safety measures in place for worker's protection from these nodules.

[@Ominousheat]

Tbf. Radium is far more toxic than cigarette smoke. It's more radioactive than Uranium. But anywho. In addition to the H&S of humans, the nodules actually produce O2 via electrolysis. It's apparently a larger source of O2 than the oceanic meridional circulation. That affects the entire world.

[@daveknight8410]

Apparently they make oxygen, that's why there is so much life including large life. Dark Oxygen is now a thing. Apparently that solved the mystery of why'd it have greater numbers of species in greater numbers than deep sea vents, 1 biologist says it has a higher number of species than the amozon .?.lots of excitement .one question apparently is how much of our oxygen is Dark.?.

[@TheVikingHill]

Thank you for making a show on this. No air we die, no water we die, no food we die.

[@bubbazanetti84]

Even with all of those things we die.😃 Don't Panic. 👍

[@hadesmcfadden2982]

@@bubbazanetti84 to be fair, we die less faster with those things.

[@rubiconnn]

The only way to stop this is if people stop having kids. There's too many people on this planet, having kids is nothing but selfish.

[@RRSF09]

@@rubiconnn Don't let FElon know you're saying this, you'll get canceled. 😁

[@snapecharmer]

I’ve never felt my heart sink farther during one of his episodes ever. The future shrinks faster.

[@Omni0404]

Let's pretend the US does everything it can to protect that region (we won't.) Will China? They seem like trustworthy stewards of the environment.

[@clumsywithwords]

Same here 😢

[@douglasbillington8521]

Humans kinda suck sometimes 😞

[@grmpEqweer]

I blame capitalism.

[@Omni0404]

@@grmpEqweer I blame beloved TV star Gary Coleman.

[@JLS29590]

That roast of Ronald Reagan at 12:34 is one of the most savage things John Oliver has said. And it's completely true!

[@lsd938]

That's not the most savage.. u haven't seen the poem he wrote on Ted Cruz... that's funny as hell

[@CrazyEightyEights]

I will have to look for that ! Betty Bowers skewers Raphael Theodore Cruz expertly, as a "Genuinely abhorrent human being." kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqe9fIWditCLfaM

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I feel like every couple of years I hear another new horror story about the stuff Reagan did

[@spencers4121]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 We're still living under his trickle down economics.

[@ducciocolombi7729]

Still not hard enough. Reagan is probably one of the people that most damaged the World in the 20th century (yeah, really) and his disgraceful policies still affect our world to this day

[@richsims6870]

I'm just a retired marine/ transit worker, Mr Oliver his team are some of the best writers on television. Semper fi all

[@alex2d]

I was excited at first because I love deep-sea creatures, and then I suddenly remembered what show I was watching.

[@paintthecosmos840]

Me too :( they're one of my special interests and seeing them reduced to just "biomass" by some Musk wannabe makes me so incandescently angry

[@nataliestavrum4451]

Same! I love how many organisms we know nothing about, I also love how so many creatures of the deep look like horrors drawn straight from my anxiety nightmares. 10/10, deep sea!

[@chenzen1578]

So this show is very important to you, because it shows dangers to the creatures you loves so much.

[@flyvester]

For those late to the show, the head of ISA Michael Lodge, who was featured in the episode, has been voted out on the 2nd of August, because of what John was talking about. Hooray!

[@user-lguqrux]

Fingers crossed for better things to come.

[@oztippetarius]

This season's episodes have been stressful (but educational) at times. But for some reason this one gave me existential dread on top of my existential dread.

[@nikinnorway]

uhh, im like 90% sure that's the point.... like, of the show.

[@mechengr1731]

Just wait for the next episode...

[@Webu-l4c]

Oh me too.

[@TheEvolver311]

New viewer? I thought we were all here to laugh at the on coming mad max world hell on earth we all will struggle in sooner rather than later

[@jaycievictory8461]

Because it feels inevitable it's gonna happen and you feel there's nothing you can do to stop these bastards? I'm still watching, desperately hoping for an action to be suggested I can do to try to stop this :(((

[@mariner1952]

My husband was a marine biologist that did sea turtle research. He walked away because he was sick and tired of nobody listening or giving a 💩 and fighting politicians for scraps.

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

Yep. Soul crushing work, people end up throwing the towel in and leaving broken. New Zealand might be the only country that has made massive strides in terms of conservation on the government's end. There are lots of projects all over the world, but the people with any power don't care.

[@nkohler5601]

After hearing Miss Phyllis Schlafy talk all I can think of is her say "democracy is bad corporatocracy good".

[@grmpEqweer]

She's mainly famous for her anti-gay and anti-feminist work. A real sweetheart.

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

I mean, I already knew which side was which in all this, but the moment she was mentioned, I was like "Oh, it's THAT BAD? It's 'Phyllis Schlafly Bad'? That's how bad it is? It's 'Phyllis Schlafly Bad'?"

[@tibot4228]

The Progenitor Pick Me.

[@horacio-ho3bf]

Benefitting the few by destroying the greater....defines our history

[@duicic8541]

At the risk of sounding callous - first thing I did was to open Wikipedia, thinking „Please tell me she’s dead“. Fun fact, as her last act, practically with her dying breath, she published a book on why conservatives should vote for Trump. The woman practically insisted on being a political WMD.

[@dunmatta2670]

That Reagan joke got me spitting the water I drank out of my nose. Thanks John 👍

[@TheMasterOfPeanuts]

You drank water out of your nose? 😁

[@ericterashima6329]

Thank you for covering this story. There is not enough coverage by the media on this important topic. I hope that folks like the Sierra Club, et al ,will band together to help with this effort.

[@mvadu]

Well many of the videos he showed is from media.. Problem is rest of the media that covered it showed only the companies side of the story without actually showing the harm it can create. LWT shows the difference.

[@josuecastro1643]

These comments are filled with so much warmth. Thank you, everyone!

[@sheri_LA_native]

This show is a gift that never seems to stop giving. 🙏

[@chifupapi]

Staaahhhppp.....cmonnnn.

[@lukusblack6442]

This reminds me of the guy from Don't Look Up who thought the asteroid about to destroy Earth seemed like a fantastic cash cow of minerals.

[@geschichteistcool7182]

Oh, you're right! This guy remembered me of Musk. Coincidence?

[@leilap2495]

Yeah, I was thinking it was analogous to an asteroid headed for the dinosaurs on earth, except it’d be humans doing it 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rickyrhodes]

Wow John thank you for doing this show. Such a critical topic. The Metals Company has no right to destroy something that belongs to all of us.

[@jandrews6254]

Especially something - the sea floor - that the planet relies on. I mean, it’s there isn’t it, doing whatever it does, quietly and unassumingly so it’s not a dead end, it serves a purpose. If we don’t know 100% of what that purpose is, you don’t mess it up and that environment took many millions of years to develop. Once it is mined, it is gone forever and during that period we will surely find out that its loss will be what ends us.

[@MaesterTori]

As a 4'11 person, I want to thank John Oliver for his recognition. I *am* important to the ecosystem.

[@williamli55]

Was completely caught off guard by the Ronald Reagan punchline. That had me dying. 😂

[@billyrobinson3872]

just like reagan

[@ohmyshescute]

I absolutely loved the bit about the wolf watching the sheep. 😆

[@hassanbeydoun2460]

I thought the guy meant like "sheep in wolf's clothing" type of thing lol John was like super into correcting him😄

[@kevin07817]

If you don’t like John Oliver’s jokes, wait until you sea mine 😆

[@Insert.Name.Here.]

I ocean what you did there.

[@lokilaufeyson8683]

please leave

[@lady_draguliana784]

Straight to PUN PRISON! Go! 👮👉🚓

[@jentxt23]

@@lokilaufeyson8683 no, please dive

[@Jedicake]

Buoy oh buoy... That was so bad...

[@harvey3rdman464]

@12:30 I _thought_ there was a reason I remembered 2004 so fondly. Thanks for the reminder, John!

[@4emcarthur]

One fish, Two fish, Deep sea-through fish. 🔥

[@NEETIRLttv]

"Specifically the Pacific" is a needle he threaded with ease

[@Bubbles-kk9zs]

😅 my ADHD-ass read that as "Pacifically the specific" 🤦‍♀️. Gotta remember to slow down when reading comments. 😂

[@KipKemeiSambu]

​@@Bubbles-kk9zs I did the same thing we gotta slow down we don't wanna hurt ourselves 😂

[@KellicTiger]

When your plot basically is the equivalent of James Cameron's avatar. Just without the big blue kitties. You might be the baddie.😂 I mean for f*** sake you may as well call it unobtainium.

[@WallaJen]

There are many reports and articles that explain about an additional, related issue with underwater mining: equipment removal. Most will leave equipment if it’s too costly to remove it when they’re done mining. Abandoned equipment creates many additional issues for aquatic life.

[@ShrigmaBrineset]

Excited to hear sodium batteries being talked about more. They seem to have a lot of potential for solving our large-scale energy storage problems with relatively low environmental impact

[@BlacKi-nd4uy]

but sodium isnt salt, but metal. and its not rare at all, but cheap. since those batteries are way heavier, the costs arent hiding in the battery, but around it. so, they are cheaper to make, but not as good as those LFP or Li Ion batteries. since the manufacturer in the west, dont like to build small cars because of lower marges, they wont build it here. in china its a different story. thats why there are cheap small EVs available.

[@survivormary1126]

Hemp. Right there and can replace the plastic helping destroy us.

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@BlacKi-nd4uy they have a host of issues but they can be built around for pennies, and can thus solve many many large-scale issues. You don't want lithium based batteries for national grid power storage, but sodium would be perfect for it

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@vaelophisnyx9873 Sodium batteries seem good for big industrial-scale storage, but I think transportation is our biggest concern for carbon emission, and I don't know whether we'll get around the weight of sodium batteries in transportation. It's better than lithium though. I think this sea floor mining project is looking for metals that are already 2 generations behind - unless we agree to stick with lithium. I think we should do it right this time though. Petroleum resources made a few people insanely wealthy because they controlled all the resources. Same with Lithium, only they're different people. Something like sodium, which anyone can get for next to nothing, is very enticing.

[@BlacKi-nd4uy]

@@vaelophisnyx9873 there are already reflux flow batteries for sale. even for customers, in large scale its pretty huge, but its more for long term storage.

[@willcerf757]

Amazing John! More episodes on the environment please. There is a thirst for this topic.

[@chasingfelix3609]

THANK YOU HBO for making Thursday’s better!

[@LexxusmwendwaMutuku]

Hi john,Am lexxus Mwendwa from KENYA(somewhere in AFRICA)and i love your work and your show.....PLEASE do a piece on whats happening in the CONGO and let the world know please.....

[@hunterhogan9326]

what is happening?

[@LexxusmwendwaMutuku]

@@hunterhogan9326 where are you from that you dont have a clue?i cant even begin to explain coz it wouldnt even start to scratch the surface....the horrors there are unimaginable

[@LexxusmwendwaMutuku]

But of course its not Europe or America so no one cares

[@ifkq]

​@@LexxusmwendwaMutukubro you say the world has to know about the Congo, and then when someone asks about it... You basically say they should already know it. Please tell us about the congo issues. People are asking you directly because you say it's important.

[@LexxusmwendwaMutuku]

@@ifkq where did i say that?dont take my comment out of context bro....

[@SoLuVaBle299]

The benefit of mining under the sea is that most people can’t see it. It’s the iceberg example all over again, 10% above water, clusterfuck underneath.

[@stephenlmoody]

Nature is kinda funny like that, "oh, you ran out of resources to power vehicles? WALK!"

[@donutchan8114]

Not to mention theres better ways to transport people than giving every human being on earth an electric car

[@royce9018]

Not the brightest kid are you?

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

Yeah, try to "walk" that life saving medication across the country. See how that goes.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@Mysteri0usChannel If there weren't all those cars on the road with in most cases one person in it, ambulances could get you to the hospital faster.

[@stephenlmoody]

@@camelopardalis84 lol population control, jk 😜

[@MaksimY_]

What an emotional rollercoaster this episode was

[@12363haha]

Welcome to world we created it definitely sucks

[@pauldennis2420]

The quality of the content is unmatched. Truly one of a kind.

[@laalaa99stl]

Once again, I wish HBO would upload the whole show. I can't wait until next week whatever night to see the John Oliver cake bears!

[@jennyanydots2389]

Brugh u sound simped out brugh

[@sea_triscuit7980]

​@@jennyanydots2389no he doesn't. You're not funny, you're in the wrong place. Go watch Hasanabi if you wanna act like that

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@sea_triscuit7980 It's the internet, it doesn't matter how you act. Still figuring that out? Go outside. Check out that grass man, you are in the wrong place...

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@jennyanydots2389hundreds of weird ass rage baity comments. How miserable your life must be. I'll plant a tree for your sake today.

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

​@@jennyanydots2389You realize that this isn't the KZbin Kids app, right?

[@Cosmosisification]

John delivering that banger Raegen joke with the stone-cold passivity only a true Brit could pull off.

[@dagordon1041]

Well put.

[@PeaceJourney...]

Do we really want the profits enough to ravage the last pristine spot on the planet? Thank you, John Oliver, for being our Lorax ❤

[@xmlthegreat]

These people will sell their own mothers for a cent of profit. Killing all of us by destroying the oceans is but a foregone conclusion at this point.

[@S-Lewis]

There is a great documentary on this topic, but John covered it really well! Glad to see it is getting attention.

[@loud865]

U know there is tons of shows to watch for whatever you reason you like to watch them but this show is the absolute best show to watch for every reason and as a person living on this planet you need to be informed of the content provided in every episode. Its great for you and everyone around you. Make sure you tell somebody u love em❤

[@Svuem]

12:35 this delivery is pure gold

[@EM33700]

How dare you show Raphael as the drug user out of all the ninja turtles. Everyone knows that would probably be Michaelangelo.

[@longbeanhaul1014]

mikey was the stoner for sure

[@an0idiot0of0use]

I feel like I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you here. While Mikey is without a doubt a RAGING pothead and possibly even a binge drinker on the weekends, he just doesn't strike me as the type to spend much of his time doing blow. Raph, on the other hand, fits the image of a functioning coke addict pretty well. Just think about it - the guy's always cranky about SOMETHING (waiting on your coke guy to respond back all freakin' day, amirite?), and he's always itchin' to start a fight and fuck shit up. That's not even mentioning his constant desire to be alone cause, y'know, that shit ain't cheap. Although, I'll gladly concede to the likely possibility that Mike's doing a lot more than I give him credit for. It's not like I know these dudes personally. 😅

[@mordsythe]

Mikey is pure pot. Ralph is crack Donny is ADHD meds Leo is the straight laced

[@stevefilms1997]

Mike’s doesn’t need drugs he’s already hyper, Ralph needs em.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Leo drinks tea (it counts)

[@claudotta]

It’s incredible to see such kindness and love. Thank you all!

[@silverprism-s]

love reading comments below just about any john oliver episode and seeing comments from experts in the field echoing what he is often saying!

[@theherk]

Les Mis on Quaaludes and the Reagan jokes were hilarious. 🤣

[@janyceseahorn4013]

John Oliver you are THE BEST. Someone said “maybe we don’t deserve the planet”. We don’t deserve this planet because greed just takes over.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

I got so excited when I saw *Diva Amon!!!!* She is one of THE most respected and brilliant marine biologists in the world. And one of very few female marine biologists. I first saw her in the documentary series Will Smith did on National Geographic called *"Welcome to Earth."* Wow. Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention, John & the LWT Team. *Is there **_anything_** these greedy people **_won't do_** to make money despite the damage they cause the world?!*

[@amberrizzi1207]

The “Dune Part Three” joke came at such perfect timing for me. I just finished the book recently 😂

[@GSBarlev]

_Messiah_ or _CoD?_ Because I liked _Messiah_ but the writing quality *dropped off a cliff* for Book 3, I felt.

[@amberrizzi1207]

@@GSBarlev Neither, actually. The first “Dune” book published in 1965. I’m hesitant to pick up the sequels, though. I’ve heard mixed things

[@GSBarlev]

@@amberrizzi1207 _Messiah_ is good (and is also short). I just couldn't get past _Children of Dune._

[@amberrizzi1207]

@@GSBarlev I hate when a great series drops off. It can be so disappointing

[@GSBarlev]

@@amberrizzi1207 FWIW, the *story* is top-notch (you should watch the SciFi Channel miniseries)-it's the _writing_ that fell off a cliff.

[@Bastich1976]

John, you have a unique talent. You're one of the only people in media that can make me laugh and shit my pants in fear at the same time. Thanks for taking a hard look at most of the things we miss in our day to day lives.

[@totally_a_real_account7902]

Now THIS is what we’ve been looking for. Yes, it’s a navy suit jacket which I have complained about before, but the navy jacket with the proper shirt and tie can be a beautiful thing. The tie is a nice pairing, just deeper blue enough to keep it from being too matching, but the shirt is the true pièce de résistance of this fit. The delightful gingham-like pattern is a fun splash allowing the eye to feel almost joyful when it sees this incredible addition. I am such a fan of this bit of enjoyment being brought back into John Oliver’s suits and as I’ve said before I hope that this is an upwards trend. 9/10.

[@dem8568]

Suits are super weird, but if we're gonna have em, I guess we might as well try to enjoy em.

[@Seigensi]

the topics, and this drek.... Why are you here.

[@bigmilk13_]

this guy suits

[@totally_a_real_account7902]

@@Seigensi because every week I pass judgement on John Oliver’s suits and I’ve been doing it for like 2 years and so I might as well keep doing it. I like the show and snazzy suits help my enjoyment of it.

[@rolfdekkers1043]

You're like the deep sea ecosystem of last week tonight. You're the show In their show or the world in their world

[@kendrakeahiolalo3162]

I appreciate the dedication on research for topics like this. I feel it's worth mentioning, or even better, making another episode addressing sand mining. Most of it is illegal, the environmental damage is astronomical, and people make billions off it.

[@user-vp4qq4it7i]

PATIENCE AND DISCIPLINE? yeah, right... we always use those qualities...

[@laalaa99stl]

That repulsion of agreeing with Henry Kissinger on something that John felt. I also felt that.

[@jennyanydots2389]

I don't feel anything since me pa beet the dawg to deaf

[@Tustin2121]

Something something broken clock right twice a day

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@Tustin2121 You tellin' me that grape is legal two times a day? I can grape a dawg in the streets two times a day ain't no one gonna beef with me?

[@mori1bund]

He recovered with that excellent Ronald Reagan roast! 😁😁😁

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@mori1bund Too bad your father never recovered from his chronic alcoholism and lust for the young ones.

[@EverDreamXVI]

Hoping for a segment highlighting Project 2025. They're proudly saying the quiet part out loud now, and so many people arent even aware of the danger to their rights.

[@RealBradMiller]

Correct. When I first heard about it I thought it was just leftist propaganda but no, they really are putting it all out there.

[@Tustin2121]

I imagine they’re probably timing that to release closer to the election, so it’s more likely to stay on people’s minds when they vote.

[@lorrax]

Project 2025 Should be called The Straight White Male Club There's nothing of benefit in their rhetoric for anyone else Life begins at conception but if a child's family doesn't have the money for school lunch, Guess what? Little Timmy is going hungry because they want to cut funding for free school lunches When little Tina is fifteen and the neighbor gets her pregnant, that's her baby now, Even though she's still a child herself

[@JohnDoe-jh5yr]

Seconding this!

[@DennisMoore664]

It's shameful and kind of crazy that the Democrats and most people on the left with a platform aren't regularly talking about Project 2025. It's almost like they want to loose the election in November.

[@sawazakiteppei819]

The love and positivity here is overwhelming. God bless you all!

[@249aaa]

it’s official; we’re gonna need an episode on this Barron guy. i feel like there’s so much left on the table to ne covered there!

[@laalaa99stl]

Once again, John advocates for those that are unable to advocate for themselves -- even undersea creatures that have no discernible mouth parts.

[@annalakshmi9072]

Thank you John. Your coverage of important stories are needed. I hope they are making a difference and creating a positive change in the world. Thank you so much John 😊

[@dhonkeypunch]

i know nobody is going to read this but i want to let you know that i enjoy this world a lot more with You in it!

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

6:40 I bet the graphics department was having the most fun of their lives making that image 🤣

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Tough guy Don Jr. had one of his 'trophies' stuffed in this exact manner as a gift to ace linkmaster pops as a gift, a few years back.

[@stevencramsie9172]

I bet this graphics department and the one at The Onion hang out regularly

[@spacelemur7955]

Those bizzare critters down there are marvelous! They are in such an isolated environment, they have evolved in completely unique directions.

[@cloud__99]

PLEASE make the old episodes available internationally! We can’t get them anywhere not even through streaming 😭

[@REDACTED_shenanigans]

the answer is piracy

[@FrenchFries235]

Just use VPN

[@jennyanydots2389]

If you ain't from America you can go ahead and keep a lid on it brugh. Ain't nobody got time for your tomfoolery brugh. No time for skulduggery son!! Next time run all future comments by a Native born American (aka real native american, not them imposters squating on them reservations). I hope you understan me son... I don't want to have to make you understan brugh.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Avast ye mateys!

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@REDACTED_shenanigans ass piracy

[@robertmills5262]

watching all of the old episodes and then coming to this one gives me a reeeeeeeaaaaaaallllly bad feeling for ten years from now...

[@laalaa99stl]

"It's who I am as a person, and I do not like it either." But the rest of us do, John, you popular HBO host you!

[@nicolediamond93]

“He died” lololololllll I love you

[@cosmogeoman]

One of your best pieces on an important, yet ill-covered, topic. Thanks John

[@phongers87]

Bears don't get enough props for basically being the backbone of all good jokes on this show! Why ladies choose the bear cause they're funny.

[@TiggerToo27]

As a female tigger, I have to admit that the illustration of using a bear's dick as a golf tee was f*cking HILARIOUS!

[@preema1231]

I just LOVE Jon Oliver .. Thank you thank you thank you.. Someday your grand kids will be soooo proud of the work you do..

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

Phyllis Schlafly was one of the worst things that could have happened to the U.S. in the 20th century. Honestly up there with the Vietnam War

[@Collageartist69]

She was the worst. I'm so glad she is no longer around to irritate us. Horrible woman.

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

@@Collageartist69a shame we have to live with the consequences of her actions

[@R3stlessNWild]

​@@SincerelyFromStephenon the plus side, her headstone has proven to be a successful public urinal.

[@patriciacvener1968]

Ugh, I forgot about her! the Palin of her day?

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

@@patriciacvener1968I’d argue she was much worse that Palin. Sarah was just kinda empty headed and stumbled into her part of the culture war. Phyllis was calculating in her moves and was an active part in the anti-feminist ultra-conservative movement. You can largely thank her for the fact that the 1972 equal rights amendment didn’t receive the necessary 3/4ths of states needed to ratify the law. After she began scaremongering, the bill quickly lost support in some key states

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

That Reagan line was brutal.. brutal yet true laughing at that joke put me in quite the conundrum lol

[@xgimi456]

Deep-sh*t mining with John Oliver would be another great title for EVERY episode of this show :)