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Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by lostlogin »

troyvit wrote: post #16
david-gpu wrote: post #4

I hope we can at least avoid the sanewashing. > President Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to take over Greenland, and tapping into the Danish territory’s natural resources is a key part of the strategy. It is not "taking over" or "annexing" . It is invading . A military ally , at that. And it is not "tapping into [...] natural resources" . It is plundering their natural resources . None of these hypotheticals ar…

While we're at it I also fail to see any strategy.

> I also fail to see any strategy.

Also see Venezuela. Oil seems to have been a key part of the aim. However oil companies seem surprised and not entirely keen.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205dx61x76o

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by lostlogin »

fasbiner wrote: post #39
BanAntiVaxxers wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is Putin’s strategy

Europe going forward is going to be treated the way the US treats and has always treated Latin American and African and Middle Eastern countries. That you see a conspiracy in further coercion of a non-consensual empire indicates how sheltered and "white identity" oriented you are.

> Middle Eastern countries.

Are we including the way arms are poured into various countries, for dubious reasons? Or are we excluding Israel, Saudi and Turkey?

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by lostlogin »

krapp wrote: post #26
goatlover wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody is talking about how less than 1% of the Epstein files have been released weeks past the deadline after Venezuela, ICE in Minneapolis and Greenland.

Plenty of people are still talking about that. There are a lot of people and they talk about lots of different things.

If the talking gets too loud, the US will liberate and free another country.

Iran is all lined up.

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by deepsun »

Havoc wrote: post #54

Today I heard some US official going on about how it's ideal for datacenters. Presumably the B200s will be brought in via dogsled. US has absolutely lost the plot

"Politics is an art of distraction" (c)

All the fuss and constant bombardment of tweets is to distract from the Epstein files. And it works very well!

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by decremental »

Zigurd wrote: post #13
prepend wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that’s harder than just buying/hypnotizing/invading/whatever. If we exit the Antarctic treaty, then so will everyone else and there’s multiple competing claims.

The US is on the verge of becoming a pariah within NATO. The Antarctica treaty ain't nothing compared to that.

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Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by lifestyleguru »

david-gpu wrote: post #4

I hope we can at least avoid the sanewashing. > President Donald Trump has renewed his efforts to take over Greenland, and tapping into the Danish territory’s natural resources is a key part of the strategy. It is not "taking over" or "annexing" . It is invading . A military ally , at that. And it is not "tapping into [...] natural resources" . It is plundering their natural resources . None of these hypotheticals ar…

The meeting with Zelensky in Oval Office wasn't some kind of convoluted strategy, a tease, or a bluff. It was fully serious and a preludium to something very nasty. That nasty thing hasn't happened yet.

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by moogly »

Havoc wrote: post #54

Today I heard some US official going on about how it's ideal for datacenters. Presumably the B200s will be brought in via dogsled. US has absolutely lost the plot

Not to mention the energy needed. Greenland does not even have a national grid. Lots of untapped hydro but that's not something you build in a fortnight.

Re: Why Greenland's natural resources are nearly impossible to mine

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Post by wolvoleo »

Havoc wrote: post #54

Today I heard some US official going on about how it's ideal for datacenters. Presumably the B200s will be brought in via dogsled. US has absolutely lost the plot

It probably is pretty good for datacenters. You would save a ton on cooling cost. And CO2 footprint as a result. Not that current US cares about that but the rest of the world does.

And you don't have to own a country to put datacenters there. Simply investing there will bring jobs and money for the inhabitants, will make profit for the investor, it's a win win.

Forcibly taking it over will make a lot of enemies and disruption to trade. It will make less profit overall, especially once the population starts destroying your company assets, connection lines etc. Not to mention all the second tier effects in global lost trust from trading partners.

But Trump just looks at that big map and goes "This will be MINE". Is it really about more than that?

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