I put this in the cross post, bit figure it belongs here, too:
While ridiculous, there’s interesting context here.
- Greenland has little to no economy
- The ice is mined from ice that has already broken away from the glacier, thus not reducing any more than nature has already
- Cargo ships bringing frozen food used to leave empty, now that same fuel is used to transport ice back instead of going to waste
- The founder has always dreamed of a sustainable economy for Greenland
- He is conflicted about how his work to do this in a sustainable way is being taken
Lots of gray here.
I just wish he would fart on all water so they get their natural gas fix
If I wanted an economy, I’d just wait for the climate to make Greenland farmable. Shouldn’t be much longer.
Real Life Lore has a good video about the potential resources under Greenland. What’s Hidden Under The Ice of Greenland?
Why won’t somebody think of the economy??
It’s a little different in Greenland (which is why I wrote my follow up comment after reading more). Consider that there are ~17 villages with one airport, and no roads between them. There is a lot of poverty, and a very short, small funded tourist season. A huge chunk live in poverty, without basic medical care, and the population is wholly dependent on Denmark. This is one of those places where thinking about the economy is important. No billionaires there to push for taxes on, not like that would happen anyway.
Lmao “hey, you guys are destroying these and their newfound rarity means you want them now. They were called ‘glaciers’”
Please, dope it with arsenic first.
They’re melting anyway and Greenland is suffering due to climate change, I say good on em. Greenland is so large and is melting so quickly, exporting ice on relatively tiny boats is not going to make any difference. Probably even the entire earth’s navy exporting ice from Greenland wouldn’t make any real difference.
Having said that. The UAE is a steaming pile of dog shit
