Playing the part
Here’s USA Today on the Bush administration’s latest missive on global warming:
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is worried about missing out on a bonanza of oil and other resources in the Arctic unless Congress approves a treaty that helps determine who has rights to the area’s wealth.
Arctic sea ice has decreased nearly 20% in the last two decades as the Earth’s climate warms, making access to the area easier. The eight countries bordering the region, including the USA, are now staking competing claims.
Oh, wait. That’s not their take on global warming — it’s their take on how to get more oil thanks to the ice that is melting because the globe is getting warmer (unrelated to global warming). Funny, because I just saw a movie in which the villains kind of think like this (until they mend their ways due to an inspiring penguin dance routine).
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