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paleotn

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4. Rare earth minerals?...maybe...for Greenland.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:52 AM

Mar 30

But even if proven (pure speculation at this point), how the hell do you get to them in quantities that are economically viable?! They're covered in hundreds to thousands of meters of ice!!! An ice cap so big and deep you can't wrap your mind around it. And even with "drill baby drill" it's not melting in our lifetimes.

We're not invading Greenland. That's article 5. That ain't happening. In my mind, it's a silly smoke screen while they raid and pillage elsewhere.

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What Ukraine and Greenland have in common? [View all] kentuck Mar 30 OP

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