Lee Duna to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • 12 days agoTrump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other'www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1464arrow-down1external-linkTrump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other'www.cnbc.comLee Duna to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • 12 days agomessage-square138fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-square@Lazycog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish6•12 days agoDamn you web mercator projection! If only Robinson projection was the default on google/apple/whatever trump uses -map.
minus-square@bdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglish12•12 days agoTo be fair even on a globe Greenland is still massive. Just not quite as bad on Mercator.
minus-square@Lazycog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-212 days agoYeah but on mercator it looks bigger than Africa. Africa is actually really huge Edit: wording.
minus-square@8fingerlouie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•12 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-square@wer2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•12 days agoRepublicans hate railroads, so that’s actually a plus for them.
minus-square@M0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish0•12 days ago no railroads Well that is not technically true
minus-square@8fingerlouie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 days agoTouché. Its going to be a small invasion using that though.
minus-square@M0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 days agoIf they bring their own small train, that one fjord is done for.
Damn you web mercator projection! If only Robinson projection was the default on google/apple/whatever trump uses -map.
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.
If they bring their own small train, that one fjord is done for.