[defrost]

> so you know what will happen in 2050 if things don't change.

Sure, Siberia will be open praire cattle country; cossacks and reindeer herders will be cowboys mustering steers.

Russia knows this also, hence the hiring of US cowboys to train russians and the recent prevalance of Russian Rodeos in both the US and in Russia.

This all goes to the question of long term investment, projected affected areas are being abandoned by deep investors who have turned to probable new prospects.

Farming real estate questions here in Western Australia have already turned to what land will be prime in 20 years and what used to wet boggy questionable land is already fetching a climbing price in anticipation of when it becomes "sweet".