If enough us wear tin foil hats will the amount of solar energy reflected back out of the atmosphere counteract the global warming caused by excessive fossil fuel use? Hmmmmmmm. Nah, I didn't think it would be that easy.
But of course it would be silly to think that ANYONE could seriously imagine any benefit from the melting of the Arctic ice cap . . . or would it?
Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada and the United States are among countries in a race to secure rights to the Arctic that heated up last month when Russia sent two small submarines to plant its national flag under the North Pole. A U.S. study has suggested as much as 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas could be hidden in the area.
Go North Young Man! The Northwest Passage is open and ready for business . . . BIG BUSINESS!
I suppose one could call this news "breaking" but even a blind man can tell when the sun is shining. Not only a blind man, but also Canadian Ice Service and the U.S. National Ice Center:
". . . analysts at the Canadian Ice Service and the U.S. National Ice Center confirm that the passage is almost completely clear and that the region is more open than it has ever been since the advent of routine monitoring in 1972."
For more on that go here.
Sorry, I'd love to be able to elaborate more on this news and this issue but I am frankly too disgusted to beat the dead horse today.
Call your elected representatives, drive less, buy a hybrid not an SUV.
You know the drill.