Over on Hot Topic, Gareth reports 2008 could be the worst year for ice cover depletion in the Arctic Sea to date. More disturbingly, whether it is or not, the Arctic Ocean will be all but ice free in 5 years time.For the hardier souls among us, that may be see the beginning of a northern land rush as the Canadian (and other) "North"s become more moderate and - dare I say it - livable. That may depend on how much sea levels rise. Judging the new coast lines may not be easy.
If it sounds like I've given up on people have any real impact on climate change, I'm close to it. The progress since the Rio Conference in 1992 has been negligible as the greedy pigs who can't lift their snouts out of the daily trough long enough to see the butcher coming continue to frustrate any real progress on the whole issue.
It's so bad, they would rather spend millions frustrating any progress by sowing confusion than spend the same money doing something about the problem.
I've mentioned in other posts that I used to own pigs. They would dig up all the grass to get to the grubs....and when they were done there was neither grass nor grubs. At that point, they had privatised all their profits and expected me to socialise their losses by feeding them....like many modern "capitalists" (major banks loaded with dodgy debt and falling over are prime examples).
So start looking for those prime spots a few kilometers in-shore from the Arctic Ocean. You could be on to a winner. The pigs are running and there may be fresh pork on every barbie following a climate disaster near you.
Excellent points. Just note that the Rio Earth Summit was 1992.
ReplyDeleteJosh: Corrected and added a link. Ta!
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