Oil bonanza under Arctic Ocean?

[DesertFox]

Andrew Revkin
The New York Times
1 June 06


The studies on Arctic sediment that appear today in the journal Nature tell a dramatic story of polar warming and cooling over millions of years. But what they tell petroleum geologists may be just as striking.

Though there is little mention of it in the papers, some scientists involved in the work said the huge amounts of organic material from dead algae and plants embedded in the ancient sedimentary layers suggested that the center of the Arctic Ocean could hold vast oil deposits.

... "The entire Arctic rim is already one big exploration machine," Dr. Brinkhuis said. "I was nearly crucified for talking about this by some of the more politically environmentally friendly people out there. But it's a fact."

More (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/science/earth/01arctic.html?_r=1&ex=1149307200&en=e89601bf0c7e9240&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin)

[sunsettommy]

It will be funny to see how Canada will behave with that revelation.

They have this Kyoto treaty to live up to.They stupidly signed it and now that it is obvious they have no chance of meeting the goals of that treaty.

Will all that Oil riches in the far north be ignored?

[DesertFox]

They'll just pretend, as they've been doing for 40 years. It's so much easier to live in a dream world when somebody else carries the heavy loads for you. America been doing that for Canada for too long, and Canadians have become Europeonized.

[sunsettommy]

They'll just pretend, as they've been doing for 40 years. It's so much easier to live in a dream world when somebody else carries the heavy loads for you. America been doing that for Canada for too long, and Canadians have become Europeonized.

Does that mean we will drill their oil and take it all home?

Let them pretend.We get dirty with the black stuff.

:evilgrin:

[DeclinetoState]

Dilling for all that oil in the Arctic might upset the moose!

[Timberwolf]

:grin: I just KNEW you'd find a way to bring IT into this conversation!!! LOL

[DoctorDoom]

Obviously, exploration will disrupt migrating mosquitoes, aquatic caribou, and other fauna native to the God-forsaken region, and therefore it must be prevented.

The studies on Arctic sediment that appear today in the journal Nature tell a dramatic story of polar warming and cooling over millions of years.But but but but but how can that be?????? Everyone KNOWS that man, with his EEEEE-vill industrial revolution and his accursed SUVs and his demonic CO₂ emissions, is the sole cause of global warming.

Are we being lied to be the eco-assmites? Say it ain't so, Joe.