Global Warming's Economic Happy Face!

All of a sudden there's gold in them thar nooks and crannies buried under the melting Arctic. Now the question is how much damage will the sudden wealth and attention do to the "ancient culture" of the Inuits and the Sami? I think they'll be fine.Riches await as Earth's icy north melts

HAMMERFEST, Norway - Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on a map. Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much in demand — so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their claim to it with flags and warships.
The reason: an international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, accelerated by the impact of global warming on Earth's frozen north.

The AP article doesn't want anyone to think they've forgotten the "catastrophic" aspects of the subject, no one wants to make the Gorniacs angry. But it's about time we saw some of the potential of the era we may be entering, if the trend continues. The opening of shipping lanes is called "priceless" and compares the economic impact to that of the opening of the Suez Canal!

Over at NRO, warming skeptic James S Robbins says " Hooray for Global Warming!"

But if the world is warming, I say “bravo.” People in most parts of the globe should have no objection to a warmer, wetter climate. If the aliens were watching they’d conclude we were making our planet more habitable on purpose.

And this is cute!

Anyway, get with it Democrats, where is your traditional love of public works? Rising ocean levels will keep the government in the sea wall business for decades.

If you ever have the pleasure of passionately disagreeing with a pervasive cultural norm, such as the religious belief in man-made global warming, do so by all means - go for it! You will find a level of sarcasm you never thought you had. I try hard to keep mine in check, the introvert in me wins that one. Mr Robbins does not have that problem...

Think of the other advantages the Left is ignoring. A warmer wetter world could very well mean more rain forests — hence more biodiversity! We are supposed to value that for some reason, right? And if the ice caps melt and we get more ocean, well that just means more habitat for whales doesn’t it? And warmer climates might reverse the migration pattern in this country away from the frigid liberal northeast towards the warm conservative south. Imagine Massachusetts and Vermont gaining seats in Congress and then tell me how bad global warming is.

And these are my exact sentiments on this...

So if we see global warming for the beneficial trend that it is rather than a looming threat to life and limb, none of the “solutions” being proposed by the alarmists are necessary. There is no challenge posed by a slow-rolling phenomenon like global warming that cannot be overcome; and when deserts start blooming, blizzards stop hitting, and you are enjoying the surfing at your beach house in upper Newfoundland, you won’t care what caused global warming, you’ll just thank goodness it happened.