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To: BroJoeK

Greenland’s area is about 836,000 square miles,

Greenland’s area should be computed only on the ice free areas.


119 posted on 12/23/2024 8:00:32 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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121 posted on 12/23/2024 8:04:37 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: PIF
"Greenland’s area should be computed only on the ice free areas."

Greenland glaciers:

I think definitions of "habitable" can be a little loose -- consider that Alaska is said to be only 20% habitable.
But the other 80% is not covered with glaciers, it's just too wild and rugged for human comfort.

So, Greenland at 836,000 square miles is about 25% bigger than Alaska, though Greenland's habitable area, as best I can tell, is only about 5% the total -- roughly the size of Pennsylvania.
Another 121,000 square miles -- the size of New Mexico -- is not covered in glaciers but is also not inhabited.
Some of this area may well contain extractable natural resources.

So, possibly 167,000 square miles of Greenland not covered by glaciers is worth how much?
Well, in the region of Alaska's North Coast, some land can be purchased privately, for prices that amount to roughly $120,000 per square mile (~$200/acre).
Apply that same price to Greenland's equivalent 167,000 square miles gives circa $20 billion -- if my decimal points are in the right places!
Extending the same pricing to all 836,000 square miles would make the total circa $100 billion, again, if I got my decimal points right.

Alaska and Greenland combined are roughly 1/3 the size of Siberia.
Alaska, Greenland and Canada combined are roughly the size of Siberia.

What is the value of Greenland's natural resources?
No way to tell, but the Alaska's North Slope has oil & gas of at least $1 trillion's worth.
So, it could be anything.

Greenland in the summer:

122 posted on 12/23/2024 9:21:32 AM PST by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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