• smokeppb [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    Sea routes for trade are opening due to melting sea ice, means more direct trade with Russia and other northern hemisphere countries. Also minerals and lebensraum.

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        Yep. There is a goulish genre of video on YouTube discussing how much fuel cost / time savings on logistics on trade from Europe to China, NA to Asia, etc if only the Polar Bears learn how to swim. The Polar Bears aren’t actually discussed, though. The slight problem of rising sea levels drowning a substantial portion of the world seems to be ignored in these videos as well.

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        Its not that they favor it. Just that all solutions to fix it hurt profit. So nothing will be done.