Finally! A Story on Global Warming That Republicans Can Get Behind.

[AVG-JOE]

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But in recent years the winter ice has been treacherous or non-existent. Fishing boats have been able to put to sea in the months of darkness - leaving Illulisat's huskies tied to their chains, forlorn and useless.

'I used to have 25 dogs', one fisherman told me. 'Now I have nine'. What did you do with the others, I asked. 'The dog catcher came round,' he replied with cold detachment. 'With a gun'…

Oil, gas, a host of industrial and precious metals, even diamonds are believed to be present in commercially significant deposits. And the recent warming has made long-term exploration and mining a less daunting proposition.

Let the exploitation begin!

-Joe

 

[Old Rocks]

LOL. Well, then they have to admit that the warming is real. But that would mean that they would also have to admit that there are major changes happening. Changes that are not all favorable. But there is money to be made exploiting the resources the warming has made easier to get at. Hmmm...........