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Global Warming will Open Northwest Passage

Posted by chrisd on from the unintended-consequences dept.

Makarand writes "For the most part we dread global warming. However, some experts from the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, studying the polar ice caps, are now pointing out some of the advantageous side effects of global warming. They are predicting that in 5 to 10 summers from now the polar ice caps would disappear for around 2 months each year opening up the fabled Northwest passage for commercial shipping. This would effectively reduce the shipping distance between Europe and Asia by 6800 miles compared to the route using the Panama canal."

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  1. hitmachine.netfirms.com by Istealmymusic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    hitmachine.netfirms.com.

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  2. How could people not know that? by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    There was a bloody big picture of it taking up the front pages of the newspapers... open ocean where the north pole was.

    I suppose US newspapars don't show things that might contradict the government line...

  3. Re:We should make energy more expensive by bruthasj · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Just look at how fat americans are getting. Taking in too much energy is wasting away as blubber on their bodies. When Americans say "No!" to Super-sizing their Big Mac Meals at McDonalds, is when they start getting conscious about pollution and other wasteful activities.