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I was reading the newspaper this morning and I could not help but to notice two incongruent stories. The first was headlined, "Old Ways of Life Are Fading As The Arctic Thaws." The second story is headlined, "Senate Panel Approves Arctic Drilling".
So, let me get this straight.
Global warming caused by grotesque amounts of energy consumption is visibly melting the ice cap, so our response is to vote for more oil drilling instead of creating an alternative energy plan. Sometimes I think the the Bush administration is secretly in favor of global warming. Bush and Cheney have always been pawns for the oil and gas industries. We know that up to a quarter of the world's reserves are inaccessible because they are locked in the ice below the polar cap.
The only way to reach the black gold is to to melt the annoying sheet of ice. With the ice gone, Cheney could put the Eskimos to work at new oil refineries. Indeed, if enough ice melts, the pole could become a northern satellite of Texas.
But what about the coastal flooding that will result from global warming? We can see by Bush's response to Katrina how much he cares about land without oil falling into the water. What are a few islands and caostal communities compared with billions of dollars in oil?
All this time we thought Bush was indifferent to global warming, when American policy really may be to actively help melt the ice to reap the bounty of oil that sits beneath.
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