Well, here is the thing. Just recently, they have discovered the possibility of oil deposits. Rest assured, this issue is going to have to resolve itself.
Here is an article about the oil grab issue. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-19/britain-s-oil-grab-in-falkland-islands-seen-tripling-u-k-reserves-energy.html
The UK just sent a Navy destroyer down. Why do you think they did that? hmmm….
There isn’t much on the island. I have been joking with hubby that they should be running their navigation classes there rather than Rio because I am sick of him going away to ‘work’ on the beach for at least 5 weeks every year. Ironically, now, he may be down there working setting up new platforms.