Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agoTrump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other'www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1452arrow-down1external-linkTrump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other'www.cnbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square148fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoTo be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
minus-squareLazycog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 days agoYeah but on mercator it looks bigger than Africa. Africa is actually really huge Edit: wording.
minus-square8fingerlouie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoIt is also mostly ice. The entirety of the central Greenland is covered by 1.6km to 3.7km thick ice. Settlements are around the coast, as Greenland has about 100km roads in total, no railroads and no inland water.
minus-squarewer2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoRepublicans hate railroads, so that’s actually a plus for them.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days ago no railroads Well that is not technically true
minus-square8fingerlouie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoTouché. Its going to be a small invasion using that though.
To be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
Yeah but on mercator it looks bigger than Africa. Africa is actually really huge
Edit: wording.
It is also mostly ice. The entirety of the central Greenland is covered by 1.6km to 3.7km thick ice.
Settlements are around the coast, as Greenland has about 100km roads in total, no railroads and no inland water.
Republicans hate railroads, so that’s actually a plus for them.
Well that is not technically true
Touché.
Its going to be a small invasion using that though.