You Know, We're Gonna Miss That Arctic Ice
Arctic ice reflects the sun and thus moderates the earth's temperature.
Losing it may open some sea lanes, but that is meager compensation for a much-warmed planet.
Monday, July 4, 2011
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How big a bite will mother nature have to take before she gets the attention of those ignoring the relationship between spewing poison into our atmosphere and climate change?
"predicts that while ship exhaust will not rise significantly globally, it will in the Arctic."
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"use of this route could increase substantially as the sea-ice retreats."
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"compared to the business as usual case (no Arctic transit) there is a reduction in global fuel consumption in the shipping sector . . . as the Arctic transit is shorter than shipping via the Suez Canal."
Emissions regulations alone will not be able to stop this.
You must be wrong to worry, James. Ron Johnson assures us that this global warming thing is just a crock.
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