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Navy Sued for Sonar-Blasting Whales
An anonymous reader wrote to mention a CNN report about a suit brought against the U.S. Navy for sonar pollution. From the article: "The environmentalists want the Navy to use harmless passive sonar -- listening for sounds made by marine mammals themselves -- to locate the animals before using mid-frequency sonar. They also want the Navy to avoid migration and calving areas and to turn on sonar systems gradually so that the animals have time to flee."
Good bye, and thanks for all the fish....you sonar blasting n00bs.
Sounds eerily like the plot of this week's Smallville episode.
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It's of the utmost importance not to piss off the whales. The future of our planet could depend on it! Haven't you see Star Trek IV yet???!
Bigger, I meant to type BIGGER, I swear!
... where the bad guys will go ahead and use their weapons (or sonar) with reckless abandon while the good guys have to restrain ... except here, the hero is being overseen by third-party enviromentalists (and lawyers of course) standing by (in Armani suits of course) making sure that the hero doesn't allow the whales to be harmed in the process of the battle/mission.
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Scene ends with the US Navy saving whales as the 'bad guys' ride away cackling, having succeeded at their mission.
[To Be Continued]
Que Deus te de em dobro o que me desejas
[May God give you double that which you wish for me]
It sounds like it was Lex Luthor's idea. But where was Aquaman and Clark Kent to destroy the project? See here. [grin]
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Harm and Mac will have this sorted out in no time. What do you mean with I'm watching too much TV?
I agree there should be a more elegant way to detect submarines. One thought that I had was that you bring both oceans to boiling and all the submarines in the ocean will pop to the top.
I say drop the plate on those eco-freaks.
"They put me in a box with my coat on! Oh I know it don't sound like much when you say it out loud..."