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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:04:22 -0400, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2018-07-17, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 9:01:06 AM UTC-6, JimP wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:57:11 -0400, J. Clarke
>>>> <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I hate to break it to you, but you don't have anything Russia wants
>>>>> either.
>>> 
>>>> Ice free ports ?
>>> 
>>> Iran has those. Canada is in a similar climactic situation to Russia,
>>> and even if we do have some year-round ice-free ports, for obvious
>>> reasons Cuba would be just as good for them.
>> 
>> s/climactic/climatic/
>> 
>> We Canadians are too laid back to be in a continuous state of climax.
>> 
>>> Still, although there is no direct *land* connection to the Rodina, Canada is 
>>> big enough that I guess Russia could put their factories and infrastructure 
>>> within it, so that they could project their naval power _from_ Canada rather 
>>> than from Russia when its ports are frozen in.
>> 
>> If global warming continues, the Northwest Passage will be open year round.
>
>It's getting close, shippers are salivating at the thought of a shortcut
>route from the US east coast to Asia. This is one of the benefits of global
>warming that never gets mentioned, since everyone knows that global warming
>is a "bad thing."

It's certainly a bad thing for wildlife like polar bears which are dependent on
a colder climate for habitat and food sources.  It is making it more difficult
to build structures in Northern regions because the permafrost is deeper and
so it requires bigger and deeper foundations, while existing buildings are at
risk of collapsing.  In the Western United States, wildfire "season" is becoming
a year-round phenomena, and the shorter, warmer winters no longer have the same
retardant effect on insect populations -- pine borer beetle infestations are
threatening forests in Colorado and elsewhere.  Western states that rely on
winter snow pack as a natural reservoir for their water supplies are facing
increasing difficulties as more winter rain and less snow diminishes that
resource. Coastal cities like Norfolk, Virginia and Miami, Florida now
experience severe street flooding nearly every time it rains.  As global warming
continues, formerly temperate regions will become increasingly arid, and
hundreds of millions of people who live in coastal communities will be driven
out by sea level rise.  Some island nations will become completely submerged.

But hey, Walmart can ship its cheap goods from China directly to the East Coast
more easily, so that makes up for it, right?