Monday, April 11, 2011

Who should own the oceans minerals?

          There are rich mineral deposits on the bottom of the ocean, people disagree on who should own these precious minerals. The wealthier countries think that they belong to whoever mines them first  and the developing countries think they should share them equally so the controversy is all about how the deposits are going to be shared.
        
           The wealthy countries know if it is to be who gets there first they will only have to compete with the countries that have a lot of money they can use to mine the minerals because the process is expensive to obtain the mineral they also probably have better technology than the developing countries, so I think this would be unfair.
      
            I think the deposits should all be distributed evenly no mater which ocean they cam from and even if that means all of the countries only get a little of the mineral at one time. This is because what if the Atlantic brings more minerals in than the Pacific and Arctic, or what if the Pacific brings the most, or the Arctic. No one can really tell so it is only fair if everyone shares these minerals evenly.
      You asked for six paragraphs but that I don't think the oceans should be owned or mined but my opinion is not going to stop it from happening so each country should get an equal share to that of the other just in case one ocean is more rich than another.
     
          My opinion is that all countries of the world whether developing, poor, wealthy, or just common if we mine the ocean (which I don't think is the best idea people have come up with) we all should share the minerals we get from the ocean.


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