I wonder if Prof. Calvin has ever heard of my adaptation concept of “polar cities” for the future of year 2500, in case all else fails? You can view blueprints here: http://pcillu101.blogspot.com

I just got a letter from a respected journalist in the USA today saying he thinks it’s a worthwhile idea. See below:

Hello Danny
I think your idea of ”polar cities” might surface as a reasonable model for
future habitation. But I’m not ready to give up on ourselves in the lower latitudes just yet.

I’m also not 100 percent sure why they’ll need to be buried and
equipped with lots of intricate underground infrastructure as your current blueprints now show — especially
if there’s virtually no polar ice left under which to create habitats.

In other words, given the warming scenarios, why not simply
reconstruct sustainable (and, most especially equitable) kinds of
communities in northern Canada, Siberia, Scandinavia etc.

With the movement of grain belts north, and the thawing of
lots of open ground, wouldn’t it be much easier, less costly
and accommodate many more of us refugees if we were to
build closed-loop, sustainable communities further north
— but still above ground?

Anyway, just a thought.

But your notion is quite provocative — and most interesting.

My real hope is that it will help prod the conversation in the
direction it needs to go. If it serves that purpose, that, alone,
will be a considerable contribution.”

I would also recommend this report to everyone…

http://www.whiskeyandgunpowder.com/Report/geoWP.html

-Cheers!