Global Warming's Silver Lining

Other people are starting to catch on that Global Warming would be a good thing for places like Minnesota.

A new book called "The World in 2050:
Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future." talks about how Global Warming would be good for countries with cold weather. Of course there is no such thing as global warming we just wish it was real.

Here is a quote from Paul Douglas at Startribune.com

Laurence Smith, in his soon to be released book, "The World in 2050:
Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future." The author argues
that a thawing arctic and the warming of Canada, Russia, Scandanavia
and even the northern U.S. (MSP included) will become "formidable
economic powers and migration magnets." Minnesota, a migration magnet?
We'll see, but it's a compelling argument. When Minnesota is no longer the butt of cold weather jokes, anything could happen, right?


The
Arctic Ocean will never be ice-free in the winter, but summer shipping
lanes -- depicted here in this 2004 map -- will last longer and
penetrate more deeply in the future.