Reflection on Debate

          SCIENCE

• Magnesium, salt, copper, nickel, titanium, tin and iron ore.
• They are used to make crude oil and very rare.
• The countries closest to the oceans and the countries that have the biggest needs. The countries closest to the minerals should export them to countries in need if those countries are far away from the ocean.
• That in mining in the ocean they use oil and so they pollute the ocean and kill marine life. Also when fish get diseases they might be caught by people and then eaten, so the diseases might get on land.
• Mostly the neighbouring countries of the ocean
• They have the rights to mine in the ocean but only with permission of the leaders.
• Elena does because we need them for a daily life. Stefan does because we need them and are beautiful. Sofia does not agree because we are polluting the ocean and can get some of the minerals not out of the ocean. `Sofia believes that just because there are places in the world that are not polluted doesn't mean we have to pollute them.

We think that people should use less pollutable materials when extracting minerals from the ocean. Try to cover up the holes they dug and be a lot more careful when extracting the minerals.

During this debate, I found out what I already have written on the blog post about Who Owns the ocean's minerals. Our group didn't have many disagreements or conflicts. We discussed calmly our opinions on questions.  In my group I was the discussion director, Elena was the writer and the reporter and Sofia was the time keeper. Although, we all discussed our opinions.