US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources : worldnews

[–] 420stalin69@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Securing my rights to the last piece of Christmas ham by licking all the Christmas ham.

[–] wildncrazyguy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People licking meat in here?

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 0 points 2 years ago

Hopefully cocks and not dead animal carcass

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

I think this is the announcement?

https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-u-s-extended-continental-shelf-outer-limits/

I'm unclear which but is the new change

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the geometry of the claims looks oddly specific. Have they discovered something in those areas?

[–] Skua@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

UNCLOS has rules defining where the continental shelf boundary can be considered to extend to, so it's probably wherever that line is (with carveouts for where it meets Russia and Canada's equivalent claims). This type of claim is only for the sea bed, not the water column, so it hasn't been economically viable to exploit in the past. That might be changing with the increased importance of rare earth metals

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oink

[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Hey Canada. Do something. Canada, are you ded ?? 🤣🤣🤣

[+] nekandro@lemmy.ml -13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

China attempts to maintain their territorial claims in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam conduct island-building operations there in the early-00s: CHINA BAD!!!

America expanding their territorial claims in the Pacific because they want more natural resources: Yeah, this is fine and reasonable and democratic.

Canada, who gets no say in the matter because we're entirely reliant on the US for trade and defence: fuck, eh?

[–] Skua@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

One of these claims is compatible with UNCLOS, the other absolutely is not. The US pulls plenty of international dickery, including not ratifying UNCLOS, but this claim fits within that existing international law just fine

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Except it's not really compatible with UNCLOS.

The US interpretation of UNCLOS would allow them to claim like half the Pacific

[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What do you think isn't in line with it? This isn't an exclusive economic zone claim.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Nice whataboutism.

[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I find it amazing how every time you see the shittiest take in this community, it's a lemmy.ml user. It never fails.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

That or hexbear but yeah

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, they're both bad

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not allowing your fledgling government to simply be devoured by the world empire doing illegal empire shit is as bad as being the empire.

Do you also think having a gun for protection is the same as having a gun for robbing people?

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So ngl when we say death to America that also includes Canada as another terrible settler state with a horrid fucking past and still pretty shit present, so like to be honest don't really care when a modern day fascist state is consuming/fucking over it's smaller petite fash state upstairs neighbor.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nor do I, but it's the hypocrisy that interests me

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

What hypocrisy? It's like if Nazi Germany decided to gobble up fascist Italy, both horrid rancid countries deserving of destruction. Fascist countries don't get to play victim when they get devoured by a larger fascist state they work alongside as a literal 2nd player in the North American stage.

Just to be sure we are talking about Canada right?

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which one is the fledgling government USA, China, or Canada?

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

In this case China, their government being only 50 or so years old at the time

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