Dr. Strangeice - or - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Global Warming Bomb

[Junkdrawer]

So I've been wondering how the Corporate Media would explain away the melting of the Arctic. Hard to add the obligatory “but of course, this event can’t be directly attributed to Global Warming” disclaimer to this story. Well, I'm getting my answer:

Why we should look to the Arctic

(CNN) -- Most Americans think of the Arctic as an icy, distant place; beautiful, remote and teeming with wildlife, but unrelated to their daily lives. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This summer, big doings on America's northern doorstep will have enormous consequences to the economic, strategic and environmental future of the nation. Yet we are unprepared for the challenges and opportunities.

What happens in the Arctic as ice melts there could soon cheapen the cost of the gas you buy and products you purchase from Asia. It could help make the nation more energy independent. It could draw our leaders into a conflict over undersea territory. It is already challenging Washington to protect millions of square miles filled with some of the most magnificent wildlife on Earth, and native people whose culture and way of life is at risk as a squall line of development sweeps across the once inaccessible top of the planet.

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Their concerns are not just local ones but should engage every American. If you care about the environment, if you care about gas prices, if you care about where our soldiers and navy may serve next, if you want the U.S. to remain strong and dominant in the world, look to the north this summer.

Look to the Arctic. That's where much of our common future is about to play out.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/16/opinion/reiss-arctic-drilling/index.html?iref=allsearch

You see? Climate Change can't be all bad news. There's so much shit there has to be a pony in there somewhere!

The bad news will come. Scientists are now recalibrating their models with the terrifying new data and, oh, say, 3 or 4 months from now we'll all be told exactly how bad the new Cyosat-2 data ups their predictions. But until then, we'll be prepared with all the happy news that this new "opportunity" brings.

Lovely.

[Junkdrawer]

1. Some people see the destruction of the Arctic and ask Why?

And some people see the destruction of the Arctic and ask "Why not Drill?"

Massive apologies to RFK.