[ExI] so just buy it

[Keith Henson]

"and go where it is warm."

And die.  People who have adapted to cold places do not do well at all
if they move to warmer places.  I think tuberculosis kills them.

Keith

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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