Environment Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources

[Seb!]

One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.

Melting polar ice is making the Arctic more accessible to shipping and other industry.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 90 billion barrels of oil, 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are recoverable in the frozen region north of the Arctic Circle.

And the fight over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century. Russia, Canada, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland all have a stake in the Arctic's icy real estate.

More.

 

[esb]

Here comes another war?

 

[Sil3nt]

Another "cold" war.

I'm funny.

 

[Prometheus]

Another "cold" war.

I'm funny.

Quite.

We need a central resouce mediation council to deal with this crap.

 

[Varine]

I think we should go drill Antarctica.

 

[Jackal]

And the fight over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century. Russia, Canada, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland all have a stake in the Arctic's icy real estate.

Thank goodness my country doesn't give a shit.

 

[Asehujiko]

Russia, Canada, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland all have a stake in the Arctic's icy real estate.

The US shouldn't be on that list, the only claim they have involves denying Canada's existence.

 

[Seb!]

The US shouldn't be on that list, the only claim they have involves denying Canada's existence.

Alaska?

 

[Varine]

The US shouldn't be on that list, the only claim they have involves denying Canada's existence.

How so? By not having tariffs on trade with them?

 

[kingbdogz]

If a war starts out people in Australia are screwed, we always help America in wars so we are pretty much on that list. I doubt a war will start though.

 

[Varine]

If a war starts out people in Australia are screwed, we always help America in wars so we are pretty much on that list. I doubt a war will start though.

So do like fifty other countries. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan is supposed to but I don't know if they do, Britain, ect.