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Old 11-21-2012, 06:52 PM
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Ditto. I'm hopeful that with this nasty f**king election behind us that a much more progressive Obama comes out of the shadows and pushes back. Time will tell, I am cautiously optimistic.
Me, too.
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Old 11-21-2012, 11:12 PM
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It has never been ice-free in recorded history.

The thing about an ice-free Arctic is that it makes drilling for offshore oil deposits in places like the Alaskan North Shore Siberia a hell of a lot easier, safer and most of all cheaper, especially since you can ship the oil via tanker instead of by long and dangerous pipelines. Just what Dr. Petro ordered!

No wonder the oil companies and their tame legislators try to trash climate science at every opportunity.

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Well at least gas will be cheaper before the planet turns into a hothouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hothouse_(novel)
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:42 AM
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Well at least gas will be cheaper before the planet turns into a hothouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hothouse_(novel)
Except gas will never be cheaper again.

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Old 11-22-2012, 11:29 AM
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If it becomes a shipping lane it reduces fuel use and pollution, since many ships will no longer have to go all the way down to the Panama Canal.
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Old 11-22-2012, 11:34 AM
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Except gas will never be cheaper again.

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Yeah it will be going overseas to China and India for their exploding car markets.
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Old 11-22-2012, 11:48 AM
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Yeah it will be going overseas to China and India for their exploding car markets.
BINGO!

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Old 11-26-2012, 10:26 AM
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Assuming the climate science is real, what is the Democrat's proposed legislative solution?
Fairy dust, breezy statements, with a big dose of gorvernment control and taxes.

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Except gas will never be cheaper again.

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True dat.

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