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
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.)
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.
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.
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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riskable@programming.dev · 31 pts · 237d
It's cold outside all year round and there's abundant geothermal energy. Basically, it's the perfect place to build data centers.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 237d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 235d
teenage girls?
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 235d
Too old, maybe?
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 17 pts · 237d
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
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 237d
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.)
howrar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 235d
Didn't they already have control of it through NATO?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 235d
Russia has had ICBMs for decades. No bombers required.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 236d
Greenland protects the EU against Trump and Putin. That's why he wants it. He's in cahoots with Putin.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 6 pts · 237d
A new colony, (seemingly) easy to grab. Yet another low hanging fruit, next to Venezuela.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 236d
It is estimated that there are a lot of rare earth minerals there to create fancy electronics.
ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net · 3 pts · 236d
I read they are hard to extract there just like the one's trump wanted in Ukraine
db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 237d
What if they're trying to play IRL Plague Inc
https://plagueinc.fandom.com/wiki/Greenland
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 237d
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.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d
formerly called thule. it's now Pituffik Space Base
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 236d
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.
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d
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.
EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 237d
Peter Zenyan has a really good breakdown of why they want it ... it's for geopolitical reasons (the northern passage)
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 1 pts · 236d
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.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 236d
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.