The race for the Pole is on!

Interesting report about the North West Passage on Sky News last night.

Global Warming is responsible for melting the ice in the Northern Polar regions 30 years ahead of prediction and immediately the Russians, Canadians and Americans are starting to stake their claims to the territory, currently belonging to the Polar Bears.

Many now believe oil production reached its peak in 2004 and even Alan Greenspan has admitted the true reason for invading Iraq was Oil. Suddenly, with mankind's belated efforts to reduce co2 and greenhouse gas emissions seemingly too late, the major world powers (and Canada) have reason to hope that access to the Polar region might provide a new source of unexploited fossil fuel reserves.Canada have the second biggest oil reserve in the world in their Alberta oil sands and no doubt see the likelihood of vast reserves further North.

So we have Russia placing a flag beneath the North Pole by submarine, Canada deciding to build a fleet of patrol boats for the North West passage and the Americans thinking they had better get a move on to sort out Iran, so they can focus their efforts North. China is too busy conquering Africa !

Investment in low co2 alternative energy sources may well take a back seat compared to the development of low temperature drilling and mining technology. The fact that this will simply add to the release of carbon into the atmosphere and speed up climate change, will be conveniently forgotten.

How do we, the people whom supposedly elect these governments, step in and make all nations understand that we are not going to allow the greed of our leaders of today, ruin our children's tomorrows.

Perhaps a new international Federation of Green Organisations needs to be founded to co-ordinate a unified strategy to ensure that the long term survival of the many takes precedent over the short term wealth of the few.

Join www.reduceco2.co.uk and add your voice for reason!

Denny