That means more area for oil development.....right?

Well, yea....if you care only about money and nothing about the climate.

The governments of Russia and Canada are moving to claim the Arctic

Ocean in the hope of drilling fossil fuels. That is just what the Arctic does

not need!

"But there is an even more dangerous aspect to the unfolding drama in

the Arctic. While governments and oil giants are hoping the melting ice

will allow them access to the world's last treasure trove of oil and gas,

climatologists are deeply worried about something else buried under the

ice that, if unearthed, could wreak havoc on the biosphere, with dire

consequences for human life."(2)

THE PERMAFROST IS MELTING!

Researchers in Russia are finding that vast areas of peat bog are melting

in the presence of water which means it will release methane instead of

CO2. Methane is 23 times as potent a greenhouse gas as CO2.

"Scientists calculate that thousands of tons of methane will be released

from Arctic lakes as the permafrost thaws.A global tragedy of monumental

proportions is unfolding at the top of the world, and the human race is all

but oblivious to what's happening."(2)

JULY WAS SEVENTH WARMEST ON RECORD

NOAA released it's monthly report stating "RECORD WARMTH IN WESTERN

U.S. IN JULY...." and that July was the seventh warmest global mean average on

record......fitting right in with the past twelve years being the hottest years since

record keeping began, except for one.(3)

Does that sound like the energy giants should continue using fossil fuels and

piddle around with alternative energy like hydrogen - the most abundant

substance in the universe, and a totally green fuel? Internal combustion engines

could and should have been switched to hydrogen in the Eighties. With stainless

steel valves and exhaust systems they will operate just as they do with gasoline,

no expensive fuel-cell required.

But then the oil industry would have to invest in new infrastructure......and their

oil would stay in the ground. They don't really like that idea. So things are not

looking real good for the Arctic.......or any other place on Earth for that matter.

And once again, these news items were not given the coverage that they deserve

by the corporate media, but they are available below.

Don Beck

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References:

1) New historic sea ice minimum, 8/9/07

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/

2) Ticking Time Bomb Under the Ice, 8/13/07

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/08/13/008.html

3) RECORD WARMTH IN WESTERN U.S. IN JULY, DROUGHT SEVERITY WORSENED,

GLOBAL TEMPERATURE 7th WARMEST FOR JULY, 8/15/07

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2908.htm

Hydrogen is difficult to store and energy and/or material and processing intensive, to manufacture.

Solar, tidal, wind and geothermal energy is super abundant and eternal for all intents and purposes.

Then there are the new physics of zero point energy.

If it can be metered, it may be allowed to develop but free energy is everywhere.

HIS UNHOLINESS (GEORGE WARMONGER BUSH) : "Sorry to Oil the Post 9-11 Hijacking of US Domestic Policy in Amerika, the Post 9-11 Drilling for Oil in the Gates of the Arctic, the Shipping of Gates of the Arctic Oil Overseas, the Post 9-11 Drilling of Oil and Gas on National Lands in Amerika, the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Logging Programs in National Parks and Wildernesses, and the Post 9-11 Bush Bohemian Grove assault on the Eviornement in Iraq, Afghansitan, Africa, and Iran but Oil comes First. READY TO REVEL WITH THE DEVIL ??????????????"