Yes, it has been known that a whole lot of oil was in the Arctic, I was not aware it might be that much. Of course the question on some peoples mind is do we want to use it investing in new long term oil extraction and commitments or do we want to move towards cleaner energy solutions instead. I am ecological so alternatives are my preference and the increasingly dissolved CO2 in the ocean is slowly killing some creatures off and damaging the reefs, so I am for alternatives as much as is possible. I will be interested to hear more on this.
Brian Prothro -----Original Message----- From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:27 PM To: Vortex Subject: [Vo]:Wild card in the Arctic?? Heading off to bed, I took a glance at the headlines -- and noticed this, just in from Devoir: "Quatre cent douze milliards de barils de pétrole. Le tiers des réserves prouvées de la planète. Voilà ce que renfermeraient les profondeurs de l'Arctique, selon la plus récente évaluation du US Geological Survey." Translation: "412 billion barrels of petroleum. A third of the proven reserves of the planet. That's what the depths of the Arctic contain, according to the most recent evaluation by the U.S. Geological Survey." I don't have time to look any farther into this just now; I may dig around in the morning and see who else, if anyone, is reporting on it. (And I'll read the rest of the article and see if there's a deal killer in there somewhere, too...) __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3303 (20080728) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
