The problem then becomes how can we extract and transport this precious fuel to the whole world without incident.
Even without enemy activities, the extreme temperatures and weather within the region poses rather significant engineering and logistic challenges that needs to be overcome, and I am not sure if our current technology can address these challenges at reasonable prices.
They will need a logistical chain that can transport food and supplies from Russia to Antarctica and transport oil safely from Antarctica back to Russia or allied refinery locations that are closer. The distances involved is almost 10k miles in one direction; a truly daunting distance for sea-farers.
The ships will need to handle temperature swings from Tropical Heat to Bitter Cold, survive traitorous waters like no where else on Earth, and avoid icebergs or two. Heard that current Russian Military Ships have problems with warmer water chocking out their boilers, so I am not sure if the civilian ships are better equipped.
There will also need to be a capable task force on hand to deal with any accidents and prevent ecological disasters from getting out of hand. Even Russia's allies would probably not want to see another Exxon Valdez Oil Spill occurring.
So yeah, they might have experience doing so on land and in their backyard, but Russia needs to see if they can do it at sea and on the other side of the globe, because that is an entirely different story.
Exactly... might well solve current energy shortage problems but how many years from now?
At a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on May 2, 2024, Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) questioned Sec. Deb Haaland about energy production in the US. “I’m concerned about what is going on with unaffordable energy policy… you are creating an energy crisis” (3788) 'I'm Very Concerned About What's Going On': Garret Graves Laces Into Deb Haaland In Tense Exchange - YouTube and Josh Hawley GOES OFF on Biden Cabinet Head for "Selling Out America" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxeaLg6ZOy8&list=WL&index=6
Chair of Rockefeller International Sharma writes, recalling how Canada was once “widely admired for how it weathered the global financial crisis of 2008” but the nation “missed the boat when the world moved on, driven by big tech instead of commodities.” Sharma notes Canada’s per capita GDP has been declining each year since 2020 by 0.4%, which is worse than any developed country in the top 50. He further attributed any new investment and job growth “being driven mainly by the government.” https://www.westernstandard.news/news/chair-of-rockefeller-international-says-canada-a-leader-in-breakdown-nations/54448
Milloy Appears on Epoch Times TV American Thought Leaders How the Green Tech Industry is Empowering Communist China On April 30 Read more. Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder, appeared on Epoch Times TV's ongoing series, American Thought Leaders. The interview, How the Green Tech Industry is Empowering Communist China, is a lengthy look at how Communist China has prospered from the West's unilateral push to reduce emissions by pushing an economy-killing "green" agenda. From the show notes from Milloy's interview: “The greener we get, the more dependent we are on China, and they’re taking advantage of it. That is part, I think, of their Plan. They don’t want to go to war with anyone, they’re just going to own our economy.” What has been the result of the West’s current energy and climate policies? Has our planet become cleaner? Or greener? Or have our economies weakened, and our products cheapened? “China is burning fossil fuels like there is no tomorrow says Steve Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute. “The other side knows what the West’s weaknesses are, and they fund them—and much to our detriment.”
“Any arbitrage of one substance to another for economic gain creates emissions. Plants to beef: methane. Fossil fuels to motion: carbon. Attention to advertising: rage. To believe the great arbitrage of compute won’t create extraordinary externalities is to believe that Zuckerberg/Sandberg/Brin/Bezos would prioritize the well-being of the commonwealth over their wealth”. See Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future | TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_galloway_how_the_us_is_destroying_young_people_s_future
We’ll wait for gasoline to be like Hong Kong ranks again at the top of the list with the highest petrol price on earth; one gallon purchased in the special administrative region costs $13.40.
The problem then becomes how can we extract and transport this precious fuel to the whole world without incident.
Even without enemy activities, the extreme temperatures and weather within the region poses rather significant engineering and logistic challenges that needs to be overcome, and I am not sure if our current technology can address these challenges at reasonable prices.
Russia is pretty far ahead in exactly that area. They’ve had to solve these issues for their own territory so they know how to do it.
Maybe, but how about doing so at sea?
They will need a logistical chain that can transport food and supplies from Russia to Antarctica and transport oil safely from Antarctica back to Russia or allied refinery locations that are closer. The distances involved is almost 10k miles in one direction; a truly daunting distance for sea-farers.
The ships will need to handle temperature swings from Tropical Heat to Bitter Cold, survive traitorous waters like no where else on Earth, and avoid icebergs or two. Heard that current Russian Military Ships have problems with warmer water chocking out their boilers, so I am not sure if the civilian ships are better equipped.
There will also need to be a capable task force on hand to deal with any accidents and prevent ecological disasters from getting out of hand. Even Russia's allies would probably not want to see another Exxon Valdez Oil Spill occurring.
So yeah, they might have experience doing so on land and in their backyard, but Russia needs to see if they can do it at sea and on the other side of the globe, because that is an entirely different story.
Nice high-effort comment! Interesting points. This stuff certainly isn't easy.
Exactly... might well solve current energy shortage problems but how many years from now?
At a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on May 2, 2024, Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) questioned Sec. Deb Haaland about energy production in the US. “I’m concerned about what is going on with unaffordable energy policy… you are creating an energy crisis” (3788) 'I'm Very Concerned About What's Going On': Garret Graves Laces Into Deb Haaland In Tense Exchange - YouTube and Josh Hawley GOES OFF on Biden Cabinet Head for "Selling Out America" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxeaLg6ZOy8&list=WL&index=6
Chair of Rockefeller International Sharma writes, recalling how Canada was once “widely admired for how it weathered the global financial crisis of 2008” but the nation “missed the boat when the world moved on, driven by big tech instead of commodities.” Sharma notes Canada’s per capita GDP has been declining each year since 2020 by 0.4%, which is worse than any developed country in the top 50. He further attributed any new investment and job growth “being driven mainly by the government.” https://www.westernstandard.news/news/chair-of-rockefeller-international-says-canada-a-leader-in-breakdown-nations/54448
Milloy Appears on Epoch Times TV American Thought Leaders How the Green Tech Industry is Empowering Communist China On April 30 Read more. Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder, appeared on Epoch Times TV's ongoing series, American Thought Leaders. The interview, How the Green Tech Industry is Empowering Communist China, is a lengthy look at how Communist China has prospered from the West's unilateral push to reduce emissions by pushing an economy-killing "green" agenda. From the show notes from Milloy's interview: “The greener we get, the more dependent we are on China, and they’re taking advantage of it. That is part, I think, of their Plan. They don’t want to go to war with anyone, they’re just going to own our economy.” What has been the result of the West’s current energy and climate policies? Has our planet become cleaner? Or greener? Or have our economies weakened, and our products cheapened? “China is burning fossil fuels like there is no tomorrow says Steve Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute. “The other side knows what the West’s weaknesses are, and they fund them—and much to our detriment.”
“Any arbitrage of one substance to another for economic gain creates emissions. Plants to beef: methane. Fossil fuels to motion: carbon. Attention to advertising: rage. To believe the great arbitrage of compute won’t create extraordinary externalities is to believe that Zuckerberg/Sandberg/Brin/Bezos would prioritize the well-being of the commonwealth over their wealth”. See Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future | TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_galloway_how_the_us_is_destroying_young_people_s_future
We’ll wait for gasoline to be like Hong Kong ranks again at the top of the list with the highest petrol price on earth; one gallon purchased in the special administrative region costs $13.40.