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This just illustrates the problem of ignorant political pundits offering opinions about scientific issues. They think the solutions are so simple.The loss of polar ice has nothing to do with polar bears drowning. The bears are not stupid. They simply won't venture off land into the ocean. Polar ice is necessary to prevent starvation. Polar bears live mainly by killing and eating seals. A polar bear can't just swim around in the ocean like a killer whale trying to catch a seal. They catch seals by patiently wait ing for hours or days next to an air hole in the ice and grabbing a seal when it comes up for air. The sheet ice confines the seals to limited locations and air holes that they have to frequent in order to keep the hole from freezing over. Without sheet ice, polar bears will starve. Floating platforms have nothing to do with the real problem.