Before I go into seabed minerals, a bit about the  Winter Olympics.  There will be a lot to see today, for the USA had only two total medals as of yesterday.    Here is the current medals standing .  We're up to 11. Olympics Medal Leaders Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway Italy United States 7 4 4 2 2 5 4 7 2 13 13 11 For details, go to the official   Milano Cortina Winter Games page . First, some background about my experience with seabed mining.  My professional career was great, but frustrating in one particular area. To begin, my PhD is in biochemical engineering. I began teaching/researching at the University of Hawaii in 1972. I worked in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1982. I returned to the University of Hawaii, and in 1984 became director of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.  HNEI was co-center with the University of Mississippi as the Department of Interior's Marine Mineral Technology Center, which focused on seabed mining and relate...

First of all, the Oceania Riviera cruise we're on is sailing through the   Inside Passage .  So far, we've seen a choppy ocean.  All day.  My filming with the new Pocket 3 has been a mini-disaster.  I'll get better when I know how this new video camera works.   For now, here is a half-hour mega tour of this ship from You Tube . Here is a  short video purporting cruise the Inside Passage .  Maybe there is not all that much to see after all. Maybe before we dock in Vancouver tomorrow I'll have something to show. For today, I'll focus on the controversial matter of deep seabed mining, for your president,  Donald Trump, last month signed an executive order boosting the deep-sea mining industry. His inspiration was fear of China. The order seeks to expedite permits in coastal waters of the U.S., while working with allied nations to share international resources.   There are more than a billion tons of manganese nodules in U.S. water...