Comments on: New “rare earth” resources found on ocean floor https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/new-rare-earth-resources-found-on-ocean-floor/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:46:53 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/new-rare-earth-resources-found-on-ocean-floor/#comment-3784 TB Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:13:50 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2227#comment-3784 I still have some hope for metallic asteroids, but I'm thinking we'll need to get people into space in a big way doing something else profitable first. I still have some hope for metallic asteroids, but I’m thinking we’ll need to get people into space in a big way doing something else profitable first.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/new-rare-earth-resources-found-on-ocean-floor/#comment-3781 podrock Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:36:50 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2227#comment-3781 If it can't be mined at a profit, it's not ore. Thanks for the update. Twenty years ago I attended a conference on mining the ocean floor. Lot of excitement, but the tech still cost too much. If it can’t be mined at a profit, it’s not ore.

Thanks for the update. Twenty years ago I attended a conference on mining the ocean floor. Lot of excitement, but the tech still cost too much.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/new-rare-earth-resources-found-on-ocean-floor/#comment-3774 ER Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:49:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2227#comment-3774 The fruit on the lower branches have already been picked clean. This is a metaphor we are going to be hearing more and more in our future. The fruit on the lower branches have already been picked clean. This is a metaphor we are going to be hearing more and more in our future.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/new-rare-earth-resources-found-on-ocean-floor/#comment-3732 TB Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:00:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2227#comment-3732 <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/why-deep-sea-rare-earth-metals-will-stay-right-where-they-are-for-now" rel="nofollow">The rest of the story.</a> Oh, well. The rest of the story. Oh, well.

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