Russia threatens to seize swathe of Arctic

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 9-17-08 | Miriam Elder

[cowboyway]

Ok, I have a really stupid question. Was there ever a time in earth's history where the artic circle had a climate that would have sustained lush prehistoric animal or plant growth? How did all these "fossil fuels" get up there in the first place? Actually, it's a really good question, which I don't know the answer to. However, Greenland is called that because it once was, a 'green land', so perhaps it's possible the Arctic wasn't a popsicle at some time in history. But never fear, I suppose AlGore, who invented sliced bread, the printing press, the Internet, and all prolly (thinks he) knows.

Only marine life, which is rich and abundant today. The Artic Circle has no land mass.

[Between the Lines]

The Russian military is training in the Artic

Russian army trains for Arctic resource war

Russia plans Arctic military build-up

Canada's response is to build two new military bases in the area.

Arctic military bases signal new Cold War

[headstamp 2]

“Footage of the alleged planting was widely broadcast on Russian television – but later turned out to be images taken from the Hollywood blockbuster Titanic.”

LOL, sounds like they learned from the Iranians.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There’s plenty of coal being mined in Alaska however.

[shove_it]

Related article here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082254/posts

[raybbr]

[VOA]

“
Canada’s response is to build two new military bases in the area.
“

Good for them.

[thackney]

Yes, many dinosaur fossils have been found on the Alaskan North Slope. But most petroleum geologists and those in related fields that find oil believe that the primary organic source of oil is items like plankton and algae.

Dinosaurs on Alaska’s North Slope
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ak/aktest/culture_res/culture_pdfs.Par.48740.File.dat/alaska_dinosaurs.pdf

How Was Oil Formed?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html#Howformed

Keep in mind that the sedimentary rock most oil is found is from a time period older than the current location of our continents.

[DBrow]

‘LOL, sounds like they learned from the Iranians.”

No, CBS.

[aruanan]

Keep in mind that the sedimentary rock most oil is found is from a time period older than the current location of our continents.

Ha ha ha. Yeah, that's why most of the oil wells aren't on land or a continental shelf.

[353FMG]

Yeah sure — delivered by? No way that our spineless government will do anything about the situation.

We have already been invaded by people who have no intention of assimilating in our society but who are working hard in creating their own. And yet, we keep inviting them in.

The unity and integrity of our nation has been compromised and is of least concern to Washington.

[Finalapproach29er]

Bush is asleep at the switch.

Why don’t we protest this?

[thackney]

For example:

Pennsylvanian - 290 to 323 million years ago

During the Pennsylvanian time period, Oklahoma continued to be located south of the equator but was drifting slowly north.

The sea level rose and fell several times during the Pennsylvanian. Time after time, large areas of Oklahoma were flooded by a shallow sea and then became dry land as sea level fell. Also, during this time, the Arbuckle Mountains, Wichita Mountains, Ouachita Mountains and Ozark Mountains formed.

Brachiopods, crinoids and corals were the most abundant invertebrate animals that lived in this sea. Clams and snails can also be found in some rocks but trilobites are rare. Fossils of land plants are common in coal deposits of the Pennsylvanian.

You can find fossils of Pennsylvanian age in limestone, shales and sandstones of the Arbuckle Mountains and in most of eastern Oklahoma.

http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/collections-research/cr-sub/invertpaleo/common_fossils_of_ok/Pennsylvanian1.htm

[Buck W.]

What do you think, Barack? What should we do?

[JZelle]

I remember that movie. Doug McClure rules!

[Squawk 8888]

(((.)))

[Cold Heat]

Sea Life.....

[Poison Pill]

"This is our responsibility, and simply our direct duty, to our descendents,"

An odd choice of words considering their demographic implosion.

Russia owns huge chunks of Siberia that are devoid of Russians. Chinese are slowly creeping in and settling down there. Ought to make for a dandy war one of these days.

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Squawk.

[TheBattman]

Ok, I have a really stupid question. Was there ever a time in earth's history where the artic circle had a climate that would have sustained lush prehistoric animal or plant growth? How did all these "fossil fuels" get up there in the first place?

Careful- that is an awfully inconvenient question for those who support an "Old earth/evolutionary concept"...