seabed mining - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing

Seabed mining experiments have shown that in thirty years areas ploughed have not recovered at all, thus it is a non-renewable resource, another harm to nature and the ecosystem of our planet. We can either seek rare minerals to make electric cars or change our way of living so that the vast majority of people don't need any sort of car. We need to live within our ecological means instead of "breaking Earths banks" even more.