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[–] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's cold outside all year round and there's abundant geothermal energy. Basically, it's the perfect place to build data centers.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    It’s not about the Techbro, it’s about control. That the same old Cold War for us, Trump want Greenland for controlling a North passage in the Artic and in case Russian want to throw nuclear bomber at him

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Trump isn't that much of a strategist. Mostly he just does whatever the person who most recently blew smoke up his as says.

    the techbros want greenland for the minerals, and for the record, we already have a base there. (Pitufik, it's in the hands of the space force, and is a communications base with equipment for missile defense stuff as well.)

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It is estimated that there are a lot of rare earth minerals there to create fancy electronics.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Possibly natural resources.

    Place to put ports or airbases. Though they can do that if they ask Denmark nicely, and they have an airbase there called Thule or something iirc.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's probably also so Canada's surrounded so that when he invades us too Europe won't be able to help. I wish I was joking. I now think that's a real possibility. And it might come sooner than we think.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Europe would not be able to help much even with greenland under control. The US navy is much stronger and a lot of Europe's navy is tailored for coastal defense.

    The reason why I think he would not invade canada (or greenland) is that NATO would effectively dissolve which would be good for China.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    What if they're trying to play IRL Plague Inc

    https://plagueinc.fandom.com/wiki/Greenland

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Peter Zenyan has a really good breakdown of why they want it ... it's for geopolitical reasons (the northern passage)

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Besides doing what Iceland does for datacenter cooling, idk.

    However in a couple hundred years, what do you think mainland USA will be like with the rammifications of climate change? I'm surprised more countries aren't already gearing up to fight over the arctic and antarctic actually. When this shit really starts popping off, the poles will be 20'C average all year round.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Iceland would be better for data centers because it also has a steady supply of geothermal energy.

    As for ramifications, I can see a lot of changes to American buildings as they have to survive more extreme weather events.

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