Do you think this Greenland idea came from him? Greenland has vast amounts of mineral resources being exposed due to melting glaciers and, more importantly in a U.S that is pumping out more groundwater than is being replaced, a massive amount of fresh water.
He may not realize any of that or care, but he’s not the one who is actually in charge either.
Resource extraction yes but there’s no practical way to transport large quantities of water from Greenland to the West where it’s needed. People have come up with similar ideas with the Great Lakes but the engineering required is insane and would be the largest public works project in human history.
There are much much cheaper ways to increase water supplies in the West, and some of them may even be worthwhile.
In the 1990s, there was “no practical way” to extract oil from the Canadian tar sands. And now look. If it’s doable, “practical” is just a matter of money and will.
Maybe someday but I think it’s a long way off, and again, other sources of water would be far more practical so even if it becomes possible it’s unlikely to be economical.
But putting distant future hypothetical tech aside I doubt this is a factor here. The emerging mineral resources are reason enough on their own.
Of course not. Trump has never had an original idea of his own - apart perhaps the late great Hannibal Lecter and whale-killing windmills. But he’s the one who’s stupid enough to spell them out.
Right, so it’s not about analyzing what he wants. It’s about analyzing what the people controlling him want. And they want Greenland for a reason beyond Trump’s dementia-addled fantasies.
They don’t even want to talk about the water part. That would mean admitting there’s a major water crisis in America. And the tech bros won’t like that because they really need all that water for their AI data centers.
Do you think this Greenland idea came from him? Greenland has vast amounts of mineral resources being exposed due to melting glaciers and, more importantly in a U.S that is pumping out more groundwater than is being replaced, a massive amount of fresh water.
He may not realize any of that or care, but he’s not the one who is actually in charge either.
Resource extraction yes but there’s no practical way to transport large quantities of water from Greenland to the West where it’s needed. People have come up with similar ideas with the Great Lakes but the engineering required is insane and would be the largest public works project in human history.
There are much much cheaper ways to increase water supplies in the West, and some of them may even be worthwhile.
In the 1990s, there was “no practical way” to extract oil from the Canadian tar sands. And now look. If it’s doable, “practical” is just a matter of money and will.
Maybe someday but I think it’s a long way off, and again, other sources of water would be far more practical so even if it becomes possible it’s unlikely to be economical.
But putting distant future hypothetical tech aside I doubt this is a factor here. The emerging mineral resources are reason enough on their own.
Of course not. Trump has never had an original idea of his own - apart perhaps the late great Hannibal Lecter and whale-killing windmills. But he’s the one who’s stupid enough to spell them out.
Right, so it’s not about analyzing what he wants. It’s about analyzing what the people controlling him want. And they want Greenland for a reason beyond Trump’s dementia-addled fantasies.
They don’t even want to talk about the water part. That would mean admitting there’s a major water crisis in America. And the tech bros won’t like that because they really need all that water for their AI data centers.