Thin Ice
Arctic Losing Long-Term, Thicker Ice Coverage, Scientists Say
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Older Arctic ice is decreasing dramatically, which may result in an acceleration of rising global temperatures, NASA researchers said.
While that news may get Al Gore and his fellow tree huggers hot and bothered, I am bothered by the proverbial "rest of the story"
According to the article,
"The thawing of the Arctic may provoke conflict between the European Union and Russia, as access to fossil-fuel deposits improves and new sea routes are opened up, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said on March 13 in an 11-page report.
Russia in August planted a flag on the Arctic seabed at the North Pole, staking a claim to billions of dollars of natural resources that are becoming more accessible as the sea ice retreats because of warmer temperatures. The U.S., Denmark, Canada, Norway and Russia all lay claim to part of the Arctic."
The Russian bear will be a ravisher beast sooner than most of us think.
The United State's economy is on thin ice too. Despite assurances that every thing is fine, and the Fed propping the stock market, we are on thin ice. Some of us are blithely skating on as we did before, and some us are down and trying to spread our weight, and some of us are dancing as fast as we can, but we are all going to be really wet. And soon!
Thin ice, indeed
