sunken vehicles for "artificial reefs"... bad idea right?

[Hermie]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/...r-museum-military.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Jordan Creates Artificial Reef From Decommissioned Military Vehicles
The Red Sea port city of Aqaba is promoting the environmental and tourism benefits of the new underwater museum.

While tourism officials are highlighting the novelty of the underwater museum, the use of shipwrecks, airplane fuselages, tanks and old subway cars in artificial reefs has become commonplace. It hasn’t always been accepted as appropriate, however.

“Artificial reefs do have important value,” said Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, a New Jersey-based environmental coalition. “They just have to be the right materials that are suitable for that habitat.”

 

[Flippers4pups]

No different than sinking old ships. As long as oil and fuel have been removed before sinking.

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

Not so sure. The ocean can dilute almost anything. I've dove on some pretty awesome ship wreck reefs

 

[Auquanut]

I've dove on some pretty awesome ship wreck reefs

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