[odensc]

Not to mention the impacts on the people who live in the communities on the coast that these cables often land at. See what has happened with Facebook's new cable in Oregon: https://oregoncoastalliance.org/facebook-proposes-undersea-c...

[jonas21]

Sorry, what were the impacts other than a few weeks of construction noise? The cable is buried under the beach and the seafloor until you get half a mile offshore. According to the link, they left some drilling equipment 60 feet underground, and that's a "disaster"?

This site seems to be dedicated to opposing any sort of development along the Oregon coast, so I guess it's not surprising they didn't like this.

[Fomite]

"...and at least 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid" feels considerably more significant than the "drill bit" in another comment.

[kcb]

That's like a small swimming pools worth of whatever it is. Feels pretty insignificant.