Do you think Antarctica could become the new America in the future?

[Anonymous]

I'm talking about a continent of enormous size, covering 13 million square kilometers. It's a continent larger than the United States in terms of area. Due to its age and past biodiversity, it possesses virgin natural resources formed by fossils; I estimate it contains various minerals, including oil and natural gas deposits. These glaciers are melting every day due to global warming, and one day the area will become habitable. Do you think that these lands, which have remained untouched for centuries, could create a new living space and opportunities with an overseas wave of migration, as is the case today?

Furthermore, could it become a superpower on the international stage, seen as an attractive and new opportunity area by the capitalists that shapes the world, like the United States, which has surpassed many civilizations in just 250 years? What are you basing this on? Because that's how it's always been in history! Remember, another example of this was the Australian continent. It was no different from an empty landmass.

Even Africa is developing. New homes and workplaces are being built. Even companies from my country are moving there. It is becoming more livable every day. Why not?

[Syntosi]

Definitely not. Antarctica is for the most part entirely barren. While natural resources are nice, there is a misconception that makes people believe they are more important than they actually are. Countries already have overflowing resources, thats not the problem. What makes countries powerful is more complicated than that. Things like number of people or location.

Australia is a pretty good example as most of that continent is basically uninhabitable and the fact that they are at the "outskirts" of civilization means that even if they have resources, people and money, they still dont really have that much influence on the world.

[Asker]

I partially agree with what you said. Power is not just about resources. Geography, population, and global connections also play a major role. But I believe natural resources form the basis of economic and political influence. Without them, population or strategic location are only useful to a certain extent. For example, the US and Russia owe their power in part to their abundance of resources (oil, gas, minerals, fertile land).

On the other hand, you said Antarctica is barren, but I still think that due to natural barriers, it is not fully accessible for research and that there is still information about this region that we cannot obtain.

[Twalli]

It's still going to be punishingly cold and is a desert due to the cold. The amount of global warming to make it the least bit habitable would destroy every coastal town. Plus, it is currently owned by multiple countries. I'm also pretty sure there are international laws preventing establishing anything beyond research laboratories on it.

[Asker]

I believe international agreements no longer hold any significance. Any country with power can easily violate legal norms today..

[msc545]

No, there's already plenty of vacant land in the U. S., and Antarctica is just too damn cold for human habitation.

[Asker]

The time period I mentioned is when temperatures return to normal.

[Asker]

Climate change will affect that area too. Perhaps in 30 or 50 years. It will change with the effects of global warming. Even the Arabian deserts are greening today.

[exitseven]

no, its too friggin cold.

[Asker]

The time period I mentioned is when temperatures return to normal

[Asker]

Climate change will affect that area too. Perhaps in 30 or 50 years. It will change with the effects of global warming. Even the Arabian deserts are greening today.

[exitseven]

I have been waiting for globalb warming to happen. Then I would not have ot move to Florida

[Asker]

Let's speak again in 20 years when the summer heat reaches 55 degrees😂

[exitseven]

Holy crap.

[Asker]

I'm sad, but that's how it is😄. Every year, temperatures are rising by one degree. That's why they're holding so many climate conferences, but I don't know if they can prevent it🤷‍♂️

[exitseven]

@maj1nall i love the hot weather. I always said that if anyone should have been born down south it was me. When I die and go to hell I will just go "AHHHHHH"

[Asker]

I hated the heat in Turkey so much that I would have been willing to live in Antarctica or Greenland😂

[FunkyMonkee]

If the poles shift so we change places with it.

[chrissykerdock]

no i don't

[Asker]

You are presenting a counterargument, so you should state the reason, ma'aaam 🙂