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Actually the situation (if you will ) has opened a new trade route in the far North. I saw a documentary concerning the ice caps, norwegian fishing industry , international commerce.....
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Well, living in Norway, I haven't noticed anything special around here. Polar regions are where you are supposed to see climatic change first, right? We haven't been unusually warm, not unusually cold, and the fish in the sea that used to be there are there. Except for the cod offcourse, wich has been overfished for a century.
So far we just have our fair share of climate-freaks, enjoying every moment as they tell the sceptics that they are less intelligent and we're all going to die.
The global-warming issue is approaching total-thinking.
I tend to double and tripple-check issues that are politically incorrect. Total thinking, as what happened in germany during WW2 is a reminder and reason to avoid total thinking.
Personally, I don't panic untill i see some real, rockhard evindence of global warming. I know, by then it will be too late. So I am still all for funding environmentally sound projects, fuels, food-production, and energy.
But I think, atleast here in Norway, many people are panicing and few people are coming up with solutions. But there is a research-centre here in Bergen that have come a very long way in cellulosic-ethanol research. They claim to be able to produce bioethanol from used wood and paper, economically! Offcourse, the technology will not be sold cheaply, some rich guy wants to get more rich. They will be starting up a test-factory soon. It was in the paper a few months ago, now everybody has forgotten and local politicians propose car-free saturdays, rushhour taxes, and other obstacles that make everyday family life harder.
But back to bananas; Just imagine all those pseudostems powering our veichles....
