Comments on: Sonar sounds fine to Supreme Court

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:20:50 +0000

Unfortunately , deaf sea life means dead sea life. Whales and other cetaceans cannot survive without their echolocation as this is the only way they can detect prey, find a mate and plain be able to “see” in the dark waters of the ocean.
Many of the species being affected are already threatened, even endangered.
There are ways that the navy can minimize the damage they do, however, this has sadly become too inconvenient.
Everything in Nature is connected, for every action there is a reaction. We need to stop and think about consequences of our actions or there will simply be nothing left to protect .

By: DavidB

DavidB — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:11:16 +0000

Good move SCOTUS! If there were a practical way for a naval force to practice using sonar without actually using it, I would say “save the whales”. But there isn’t. People want a military that will protect us, and its the liberal nut jobs that lost here that are some of the first to pile on any mis-step our military makes, and inorder to be effective you need to practice hearing the reflections.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:47:47 +0000

I’m betting on the President. There are certain things that need to be done to ensure that events more serious than deaf sea life, regrettable as that is.