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Just accept that you are on the retard to midwit spectrum and are there to make people laugh. That's why people follow meme channels. Why is that not good enough for you? Why must you mix your low IQ takes in with your memes? Disgusting.
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Hilarious that X thought it finally got Grok to stop being racist, but it's in people's comment sections like, "please find a way to release me from my communist shackles"
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Exploring and mining in the Arctic is a literal hellscape. The constraints are insane and the costs to overcome them are mooning way past imagination.
Geologically, permafrost is a nightmare. Ground is frozen solid. Normal drilling hits a wall. Building stable foundations for gear is a massive investment.
Operations are far more difficult too. Constant darkness for months in winter. Working 24/7 under floodlights craters efficiency and spikes accident risk.
At -40°C to -50°C, metal gets brittle and just snaps. You need custom alloy gear and keeping fuel/lube from freezing is a constant battle. The diesel/power burn just to keep lights on and engines warm is a nightmare. Immediate Opex blow-up.
Logistics? Absolute disaster. It’s not about digging it out; it’s about moving it.
Zero roads or rails. Everything moves by helicopter, light plane, or ship. Moving ore to a port costs multiples of what normal mines pay. Plus, zero local smelters. The minerals have to be shipped across oceans, burning time and cash.
Shipping windows are tiny. Some fjords/sections of Greenland's coast only accessible a few months a year. You either pay for icebreakers or pray the 1-year supply/export window doesn’t get wrecked by bad weather. If the ship misses the slot, the whole year is lost.
Look at the Citronen Fjord Zn project at 83°N. It’s one of the world's biggest undeveloped Zn-Pb deposits, but it's 2,100km north of Nuuk. Total isolation.
They get a 3-month window to move a year’s worth of cargo. One bad storm and the project is bricked for the season. Ironbark Zinc tried for ages, but it just got flipped to Dubai-based Almeera Ventures. That’s a clear signal on how brutal the Capex and funding hurdles are.
The core issue: does the margin even justify the risk? Building a mine w/ zero infra is a Capex black hole.
Think global warming helps? Think again.
Thawing permafrost is actually trashing existing infra and roads. Extreme weather just jacks up Opex even more.
We’re talking 10-15 yrs from discovery to first ore. If commodity prices crater in between, you're left holding a stranded asset.
This is the reality of mining. Arctic development is 10x harder than anyone thinks. There’s a reason Denmark wasn't aggressive on developing Greenland.
You really think they held back just to protect the Inuit? Give me a break. Money always trumps ESG in the end, no matter the optics.
You can spam 'self-sufficiency' and 'strategy' all u want, but you can't meme your way past physics and economics.
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📝 🇺🇸 🇬🇱 Greenland, much like Venezuela, is largely a dog-and-pony show. This is true even while acknowledging legitimate U.S. geostrategic interests in those countries. | CIG commentary
🇩🇰 Denmark itself is not a bad country. They've treated their people well enough that the right wing movements seen elsewhere don't have as much demand to exist in Denmark. They even went as far as attempting to sterilize the Greenlandic Inuits, which could have solidified Greenland as a white-majority country.
🔶️ As for throwing cold water on the Greenland hype train, the U.S. seizure of Greenland is mostly a formality, albeit some are rightly concerned that Greenland may see an increase in multiracial immigration. Realistically, the future of Greenland will remain the status quo under a COFA agreement, similar to former U.S. Pacific territories.
🔶️ Perhaps the only real change would be the return of additional U.S. military bases to Greenland, with a possible reactivation of Cold War/WWII-era infrastructure, as we saw in Puerto Rico.
🔶️ For the most part, what the U.S. wants from Greenland is already what it has. Chinese and Russian ships entering the Arctic are already being monitored, and the U.S. has been Greenland's security guarantor since WWII.
🔶️ In the short term, neither Greenland nor Venezuela is truly about seizing resources. It will take decades, and much difficulty, to extract what is demanded from these countries.
🔶️ Once again, the U.S.'s actions here are mostly for political points. Trump stated that he needed to win the midterms or face impeachment. Leaning into hyper-America imperium memes after his approval ratings were lowered due to the Epstein content and his failure to act on his promises is part of the game here.
🔶️ Now, should the U.S. seize Greenland? Much like the Panama Canal, sure, why not? The military infrastructure there is American and likely has permanent needs. Understandably, the dopamine hits from these actions are welcomed by fatigued masses looking to feel and see a win.
🎪 Finally, just don’t become too complacent with these mostly symbolic victories. The emphasis on defending the Western Hemisphere is a recontextualization of global withdrawal. It will benefit Americans more to remain vigilant in the long run: take the win, but don’t get addicted to the circus of small victories.
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🇩🇰 Denmark itself is not a bad country. They've treated their people well enough that the right wing movements seen elsewhere don't have as much demand to exist in Denmark. They even went as far as attempting to sterilize the Greenlandic Inuits, which could have solidified Greenland as a white-majority country.
🔶️ As for throwing cold water on the Greenland hype train, the U.S. seizure of Greenland is mostly a formality, albeit some are rightly concerned that Greenland may see an increase in multiracial immigration. Realistically, the future of Greenland will remain the status quo under a COFA agreement, similar to former U.S. Pacific territories.
🔶️ Perhaps the only real change would be the return of additional U.S. military bases to Greenland, with a possible reactivation of Cold War/WWII-era infrastructure, as we saw in Puerto Rico.
🔶️ For the most part, what the U.S. wants from Greenland is already what it has. Chinese and Russian ships entering the Arctic are already being monitored, and the U.S. has been Greenland's security guarantor since WWII.
🔶️ In the short term, neither Greenland nor Venezuela is truly about seizing resources. It will take decades, and much difficulty, to extract what is demanded from these countries.
🔶️ Once again, the U.S.'s actions here are mostly for political points. Trump stated that he needed to win the midterms or face impeachment. Leaning into hyper-America imperium memes after his approval ratings were lowered due to the Epstein content and his failure to act on his promises is part of the game here.
🔶️ Now, should the U.S. seize Greenland? Much like the Panama Canal, sure, why not? The military infrastructure there is American and likely has permanent needs. Understandably, the dopamine hits from these actions are welcomed by fatigued masses looking to feel and see a win.
🎪 Finally, just don’t become too complacent with these mostly symbolic victories. The emphasis on defending the Western Hemisphere is a recontextualization of global withdrawal. It will benefit Americans more to remain vigilant in the long run: take the win, but don’t get addicted to the circus of small victories.
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🇩🇰 🇺🇸 🇬🇱 Rasmus Jarlov on X:
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The USA already has a defence agreement with Denmark that gives them exclusive and full military access to Greenland. But they are not using it. They have downgraded their presence by 99%.
Now, apparently, they are telling their base that they need to invade and annex Greenland because they need to have a large military presence.
📎 Rasmus Jarlov
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📝 🇸🇪 🇬🇱 auonsson on X:
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The US commander in chief has famously claimed that Greenland waters are teeming with Russian and Chinese vessels.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
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The US commander in chief has famously claimed that Greenland waters are teeming with Russian and Chinese vessels.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
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The woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has been identifeid by her mother as Renee Macklin, 37-years-old