tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post1000165274557157327..comments2023-02-28T12:46:20.040+01:00Comments on Ecowar: Leaks and alibisBennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-19235946348908256062011-06-12T09:52:48.954+02:002011-06-12T09:52:48.954+02:00These cables chosen as one of the top five leaks o...These cables <a href="http://www.alternet.org/world/151232/5_wikileaks_hits_of_2011_that_are_turning_the_world_on_its_head_--_and_that_the_media_are_ignoring/?page=entire" rel="nofollow">chosen as one of the top five leaks of the first half of 2011 by Alternet</a>...<br /><br /><em>"4) World leaders are practically lighting a fire under the Arctic.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />The leaks illustrate a frightening reality, where world leaders are greedily awaiting the opportunity to exploit the oil and natural gas that lie beneath the melting Arctic ice, even arming themselves for possible resource wars. A least that's what the Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin hinted in a 2010 cable that reads, "The twenty-first century will see a fight for resources. Russia Should not be defeated in this fight."<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Clearly, banking on the melting of the polar ice caps has taken priority over halting or even reversing the catastrophic effects of climate change. The Arctic contains as much as one quarter of the world's gas and oil reserves, once hidden under huge masses of ice and inaccessible through frozen seas. However, ice is melting faster than predicted, presenting profitable business opportunities which are leading the Arctic countries to lose sight of longer-term climate issues."</em>Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.com