crayons_to_chaos@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSS United States will finally be sunk off Florida next monthwww.delawareonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoHuge waste of resources. 53,000 Tons of steel and aluminum that could have been recycled.
minus-squaresyreus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIt’ll make a neat reef and dive location. Also ship breaking is costly and dangerous.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoBut America has the right to dump 53,000 tons of rotting metal into the Gulf? You think they will remove toxic substances from that wreck?
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoArtificial reefs are a thing. There is plenty to be outraged about but this ain’t it.
Huge waste of resources. 53,000 Tons of steel and aluminum that could have been recycled.
It’ll make a neat reef and dive location. Also ship breaking is costly and dangerous.
But America has the right to dump 53,000 tons of rotting metal into the Gulf? You think they will remove toxic substances from that wreck?
Artificial reefs are a thing. There is plenty to be outraged about but this ain’t it.