Climate Change Could Make Russia Great Again

Haaretz ^ | 8 Nov 2019 | Jonathan Jacobson

[DUMBGRUNT]

...However, the widespread use of the northeastern route in the Arctic Ocean for shipping will reduce the distance between Europe and the Far East by one-third. Moreover, the northwestern route in the Arctic Ocean will shorten the distance between Asia and North America by almost 20 percent, creating an alternative to the Panama Canal. The primary beneficiaries of these developments will be the countries with ports on the North Sea and the Baltic Sea – in particular, Russia.

All this is part of a larger Russian scheme designed to challenge the global trade map as it is being drawn via policy decisions by the West, spearheaded by the United States. Putin doesn’t have the quantity of resources possessed by his superpower neighbor to the east, but the rabbit in his hat is global warming itself. Beyond the new trade routes that could open up, Russia will also profit in another way from the planet’s warming: accessibility to land for agricultural production.

[blam]

I’ve read recently that the population of Russia is decreasing at the rate of 700 every day.

[tbw2]

I’ve already heard the conspiracy theory that that was why Russians backed Trump and anti-science candidates - to kill our environmental agreements.

[ckilmer]

green houses enable a vast increase in control over the crop. imho as soon as it becomes clear to the farming community that greenhouses eliminate climate and bug risk—and vastly reduce disease risk—there will be a vast migration to greenhouses in the farming community. as it is places like wisconsin are losing 2 farms a day.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/wisconsin-crisis-dairy-farmers-135448774.html