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Moon Viewed as Policy Battleground
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| 17 Jul 04
| Leonard David
Posted on 07/17/2004 4:15:05 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: Drammach
Antarctic sites have generally been for scientific research, not commercial venture.. Can't think of one single reason to go to the trouble of trying to even start a commercial venture there..
Makes no sense..
We don't even have a clue what wealth the Antartic may contain. Kaktovik, Alsaka is 70 deg. north latitude, so I don't think temperature is a total impediment, if there is a fortune to be made. The point is nobody will try to find out what wealth Antartica has because this type of treaty regime is toxic to devlopement.
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07/18/2004 7:26:09 PM PDT
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frithguild
("W" is the Black Ice President - underestimated until the left completely loses traction.)
To: frithguild
It used to be that Spitzbergen was the most northerly permanently occupied place on Earth, but there's an economic reason for its existence. Same goes for Alaska I suppose (oil?). Antarctica appears to have very little in the way of natural resources, and is even less inviting than the Arctic.
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07/18/2004 7:57:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: SunkenCiv
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07/18/2004 8:41:11 PM PDT
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frithguild
("W" is the Black Ice President - underestimated until the left completely loses traction.)
To: tet68
. . . and presumably is able to defend that claim against any one trying to take it. Only states are that powerful. Certainly the average guy isn't.
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