It's time to start cashing in on Global Warming

[Squatch]

The *real* reason why the current administration is denying human-induced global climate change...it's hard to make money when you have all that pesky ice to deal with.

Riches await as Earth's icy north melts

HAMMERFEST, Norway - Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on a map. Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much in demand — so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their claim to it with flags and warships.

The reason: an international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, accelerated by the impact of global warming on Earth's frozen north

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All this has pushed governments and businesses into a scramble for sovereignty over these suddenly priceless seas.

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It could open the North Pole region to easy navigation for five months a year, according to the latest Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, an intergovernmental group. That could cut sailing time from Germany to Alaska by 60 percent, going through Russia's Arctic instead of the Panama Canal.

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I bet the person who invents the cattleguard...polar bear guard for all those pelagic bruins would be an brazillionaire.

[Squatch]

1. Wow...can't believe this dropped off the front page without a response

I know it's only involving CDN, DEN, and NOR right now, but just give Halliburton the USA time.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Already posted 3 times in GD, and once in GD:P

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=495224
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=497292
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=504533
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3180568

[Squatch]

3. eeep

Guess *I* should pay better attention. Thanks!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. How to cash in on global warming

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