[ExI] so just buy it

[spike at rainier66.com]

Amid all this Greenland conflict, it occurred to me we aughta just see if
Musk or Ellison will buy it.  Musk could offer every Greenlander one
miiiiilllllion dollars, if they agree to make like Billy Joe and Bobby Sue,
take the money and run, get the US to agree to take them.

 



 

They could drop the silly fishing nets and go where it is warm.  That would
cost about 57 billion, which isn't that different from what Musk paid for
Twitter, but this could make big money.  Reasoning: Al Gore tells us the
polar ice cap will melt.  If it does, that over the top passage becomes the
primary shipping lane between China and the US east coast, between China and
northern Europe, between Europe and the US west coast.  The Norwegian Sea
has a great future if the singularity doesn't come for some reason.

 

Furthermore. that would be an ideal place to put power generators, coal,
natural gas, nukes, etc, far away from anything likely to bitch or complain,
then plant a bunch of server farms out there.  Lots of potential for
cooling, by meltwater, which is fresh.  It might even be possible to dump
the waste heat into the sea, since the water is really cold up there.  It
would also be good in case the polar ice doesn't melt: all that heat going
into the water might speed that process along.

 

We could allow Denmark to keep most of it if they wish.  But if a rich guy
can get all of it, I don't see why not: there have already been privately
owned islands.  Epstein owned one, which I assume he bought.  Greenland is
big, but so is Elon's pile of money.  There is already an Iceland, a
Lapland, a Maryland, even a Disneyland, so why not a Muskland or a
Larryland?  The investment opportunities, the potential profit, just
thinking about it makes my butt hurt.

 

spike

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