Those are the exact things I’m looking for (just waiting for a few more roads to connect towns). I’m glad to hear it’s living up to the expectations I’ve heard of!
I went to Iceland a couple years ago and the landscapes are amazing, but there are definitely areas where you run into a lot of tourists, busses, etc.
I’m visiting the Faroe Islands later this year and I’m hoping to experience some rugged landscapes in relative isolation there too.
I’d definitely like to go there someday too–it’s just a bit too remote for me at the moment.
I can see its tourism becoming what Iceland was like 15-20 years ago.
I think Greenland will fit the premise of your question in a few years.
There’s not a ton of tourism infrastructure yet, but there are currently a lot of subsidies going into roads, airports, lodging, etc. to induce more tourism.
https://traveltrade.visitgreenland.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Strategi-EN-feb2021.pdf
That’s a really interesting article. I didn’t know there were so many benefits to solar panels over crops.
However, I don’t see how growing crops under panels could become widespread.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimate that if just 1 million acres of farmland was covered in solar panels, the nation would meet its renewable energy goals.
For reference, Iowa alone has over 35 million acres of farmland. Solar panels are almost too efficient to cover a meaningful amount of farmland.
Has the US/west made any statements or moves towards moving nuclear weapons into Finland? Seems like that would be unnecessary.
Fallout 76. Granted, I played it almost a year after release.
I found it to be a very good game overall. Not as good as New Vegas or FO3, but I thought it was better than FO4.
Isn’t this redundant? The UN Outer Space Treaty already prohibits all WMDs in space, and all major countries have signed on.
States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any other manner;
That’s where the “definitely just a balloon, don’t pay any attention” landed after the Chinese spy balloon was shot down about a year ago.
At least that’s the first time I heard of Dead Horse.
Tom Hanks sent one of his kids to one of these institutions.
That’s exactly my point. The issue to Russia isn’t how countries join NATO. The issue to Russia is NATO in and of itself, so they create propaganda to justify their actions against NATO and NATO-aligned countries.
Again, all that matters is Russia believes NATO is an existential threat that is getting closer to their border. Good faith diplomacy has nothing to do with it.
Furthermore, Russia (and the USSR) has always used sticks rather than carrots in diplomacy. It’s not like they immediately went from friendly relations in Ukraine to boots on the ground. It was preceeded by their version of “diplomatic” bullying for years. You can see this now in many other countries.
To be clear, I’m not justifying their actions. I’m just saying you can’t look at their actions through a western diplomatic lens if you want to understand their behavior. They have a completely different modus operandi.
You’re missing my point. I’m not making a comment on what Russia believes the reasons are for countries joining NATO.
It doesn’t matter to Russia how countries end up in NATO. What matters to them is that they view NATO as an existential threat that is coming closer to their borders.
Does it matter if Russia rightly or wrongly thinks countries are being coerced into NATO? If Russia were convinced and genuinely believed countries are willingly joining NATO it wouldn’t change anything.
The issue is that they believe NATO is their antithesis, and that NATO coming closer is an existential threat. The how or why of countries joining NATO is irrelevant to that mindset.
Here’s a really good podcast episode from 99% Invisible about this exact topic.
You’re right, SATA isn’t going anywhere for a very long time. If you have a need for 4+ TB of total storage there is nothing at all wrong using HDDs or 2.5" SSDs.
Biden: ‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black’
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/politics/biden-charlamagne-tha-god-you-aint-black/index.html
Alas, Babylon. Earth Abides. On The Beach. The Road. One Second After (this one is meh).
If you want some other good collapse survival books similar to Lucifer’s Hammer.
So we can claim one tiny country 34 years ago as a victory. Meanwhile, the rest of the middle east has turned into a disaster compared to what it was in the 60s. That’s all due to American/western meddling for the last half century. These countries are in a position of “blowing up whatever they want” because of the US.
Creating problems, thn kinda sorta halfway fixing them is not a sustainable strategy.
That’s been the argument for 45 years. “Gotta have bases over there. Gotta make sure we can manipulate these countries, don’t want them doing something we don’t like.”
What has it gotten us? Are we in a better position now? Are the people who live there in a better position?
I would have thought so too, but they’re working on at least one. Although you’re right about a lot of places being unfeasible–anything more than dirt/gravel in a very limited number of communities would be cost prohibitive.