Many of the early explorers of the Americas were looking for a 'Northwest Passage," (so they could get to China/spices/silk).

They were quite disappointed, to say the least.

Now we got one. This also exposes a potentially vast haul of natural resources.

By he United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea claims to parts of this area belong to the USA (because of Alaska), Norway, Denmark, Russia and Canada --- countries with Arctic Ocean coastlines -- and many experts believe about one quarter of the world's untapped petroleum reserves lie below the Arctic Ocean.

[This same law, BTW, is why Russia and Iran really own -- have the major claims on the oil and gas in the Caspian Sea, certa...

Many of the early explorers of the Americas were looking for a 'Northwest Passage," (so they could get to China/spices/silk).

They were quite disappointed, to say the least.

Now we got one. This also exposes a potentially vast haul of natural resources.

By he United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea claims to parts of this area belong to the USA (because of Alaska), Norway, Denmark, Russia and Canada --- countries with Arctic Ocean coastlines -- and many experts believe about one quarter of the world's untapped petroleum reserves lie below the Arctic Ocean.

[This same law, BTW, is why Russia and Iran really own -- have the major claims on the oil and gas in the Caspian Sea, certainly before the USA started stirring up revolution, buying elections and setting up puppet governments).


Russia is trying to move in an annex more of this territory. The USA also wants more than it's share.
Canada is in the middle and is building two new military bases in the region.

QUOTE: "The crisis has raised the spectre of Russia and the West joining in a new cold war over the Arctic."

Suggested "scientific" estimate of Artic Boundaries, at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/06_08_08_arcticboundaries.pdf

Oh!...Oh, yea: Concern about Global Warming...well...

QUOTE FROM http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rowan_wo_070811_emerging_conflict_ov.htm

1. there is no near term plan to move away from fossil fuels, and

2. there is no serious commitment to addressing global warming.

We really do, though, have to quickly wean ourselves off fossile fuels.

Obama has an Energy Plan that sounds like a gosh darn Declaration of War, except that the War is for energy independence and for developing full-time, full-tilt, fully-funded alternative energies.

McCain and Biden want to drill and fight wars for Oil.

I'm gonna vote for Obama and hope for the best.

The U.S. has already started grumbling to Canada about shipping routes. Canada may need "liberation and freedom."