Global warming gold rush

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10arctic.html?ex=1129780800
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"By Mr. Broe's calculations, Churchill could bring in as much
as $100 million a year as a port on Arctic shipping lanes shorter
by thousands of miles than routes to the south, and traffic would
only increase as the retreat of ice in the region clears the way
for a longer shipping season.

With major companies and nations large and small adopting similar
logic, the Arctic is undergoing nothing less than a great rush
for virgin territory and natural resources worth hundreds of
billions of dollars."

-Carl

what good does that do. it is still cheaper to ship by boat, compared to overland,
unless we are going to move all the population northward.
which is ....glup.....a possibility

Carl Lumma wrote:

>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10arctic.html?ex=1129780800
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>"By Mr. Broe's calculations, Churchill could bring in as much
>as $100 million a year as a port on Arctic shipping lanes shorter
>by thousands of miles than routes to the south, and traffic would
>only increase as the retreat of ice in the region clears the way
>for a longer shipping season. >
>With major companies and nations large and small adopting similar
>logic, the Arctic is undergoing nothing less than a great rush
>for virgin territory and natural resources worth hundreds of
>billions of dollars."
>
>-Carl
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I think they're talking about Northern boat routes opening
that are shorter than existing Southern boat routes.

-Carl

> what good does that do. it is still cheaper to ship by boat,
> compared to overland, unless we are going to move all the
> population northward. which is ....glup.....a possibility
>
> Carl Lumma wrote:
>
> >"By Mr. Broe's calculations, Churchill could bring in as much
> >as $100 million a year as a port on Arctic shipping lanes shorter
> >by thousands of miles than routes to the south, and traffic would
> >only increase as the retreat of ice in the region clears the way
> >for a longer shipping season.
> >
> >With major companies and nations large and small adopting similar
> >logic, the Arctic is undergoing nothing less than a great rush
> >for virgin territory and natural resources worth hundreds of
> >billions of dollars."
> >
> >-Carl