🚀 go-pugleaf

>I am quite concerned that the following issue has not received the
>necessary publicity to lend itself to healthy dialog about this matter.
>I am referring to two extremely loud sound sources that are starting
>operation this month and next month, off 1) Kauai, Hawaii and 2) Pt. Sur,
>California, which is an especially productive area rich in marine mammal
>life.  The speakers are to be placed at a depth of about 700-800 m just off
>the coast of these two locations.  The intensity of these sound sources will
>be about 195 dB.  This is about 10,000,000 times 120 dB (dB is a logarithmic
>scale).  120 dB is the level of intensity at which even the comparatively
>acoustically insensitive grey whale avoids noise.  120 dB is also the threshold
>of pain for humans for airborne sound.  The sound sources will be broadcasting
>a fairly low-pitched sound, 70 Hz in frequency (human hearing extends down to
>20 Hz).  The sounds will remain on for a duration of 20 min, off for 4 hrs,

One would think that humans could build a receiver capable of detecting safe
levels of sound and filtering out the noise, enough for this experiment.
Even if it is only annoying to wildlife, we don't have the right to do it.
Besides, I think it is prohibited by the Endangered Species Act.