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No one will be buying it - there will be a war to take it over and mine its resources. Our glorious future, in which climate change turns into an opportunity f
by andrewstuart 7y ago
No one will be buying it - there will be a war to take it over and mine its resources.
Our glorious future, in which climate change turns into an opportunity for resources companies to dig stuff out of the earth.
Watch carefully for the expansion of research bases in Antarctica to be expanded and militarised.
From here there will be a large set of public opinion that comes to see the ice covering Greenland and Antarctica as simply an obstacle to commercial opportunity, who see global heating as being a strong positive.
This is the beginning of that narrative.
Depressing.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoI understand where you're coming from with this, and empathize with your perspective to a degree - but I have a lot more faith in humanity and free enterprise than you seem to. Yes, if climate change models are remotely accurate, Greenland will become much more valuable and will attract commercial interests. I see this as a good thing, though - humanity will adapt to changing conditions. Individuals and communities will be impacted, some in positive and some in negative ways. In short, I wouldn't see this as "now people get an opportunity to fuck up this place, too" - I see it as "the loss of natural resources in some places is offset by their gain in others".