Ocean Girl1994

Dr. Dianne Bates:
Members of the Tribunal, when we allow the seabed to be degraded in the name of progress, we don't know what we might be losing. There is, for instance, a species of shark whose liver promises a cure for cancer. There is also a type of seaweed which may produce the only known synthetic substitute for mother's milk. If you recall, the very reason the foundations were to be built deeper in the first place was to assure minimum damage for the reef and marine life. Have we lost sight of ORCA's original purpose? Its vision for the future?

Dr. Hellegren:
[clears throat] ORCA City is potentially the most significant engineering feat of this century. To reposition its foundations now, even a matter of meters, would cost millions and cause untold delay. Are we to sacrifice all this for the sake of a few fish?