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Maybe beautiful if a person is depressed to begin with, but for a man wanting to live a fulfilling life, Norway is not it man. A vibrant city like Tokyo, the tropics or a beach community in California is 10x better than a snowy fishing village in Norway. And yes 95% of Norway is snow and fishing villages  
I grew up there and sure as hell ain't gonna die there. Honestly I feel sad for the brothers I left behind in that depressed country. The people are nice but the weather and experiences are just not
Norway just cannot catch a break from discovering valuable deposits, those poor souls!😢 >

It sucks. One day we just want to struggle a little. Just to build some character. >

Yes, it sounds horrible. Sending you a virtual hug, my rich, weakly-characterized friend!🤗 >

Norway really be playing this world on easy mode >

While in some ways that’s true, they also haven’t squandered their opportunities. See Australian mining boom for comparison. >

Lol at the Australian mining boom.
We gave up every other industry just to dig up shit from the ground and sell it to other people. >

I moved away, but I’m so angry about it. A golden opportunity to fix shit, but nooooo just piss it away. >

30 years of corporate sycophants selling off the country in exchange for consultancy jobs for the corporations they sold out to.   That is the history of Australia in the 20th/21st century. >

That's kinda the history of everywhere. >

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This is smoke and mirrors. "rare earth" are incredibly common. Just no one filters them out because its expensive and low profit.
The fact that they 'found' some is just a PR stunt.
Point to just about any mine anywhere, that mine COULD produce some of these minerals if they built the facilities to refine them. Of course some areas are better for it than others, but in general its cost that keeps the finished product rare. >

it's the largest discovered rare earth deposit in europe, right next to the biggest iron/steel producer in the region that has been printing money for a few decades. If you are going to mine rare earth and not have it be slave labour in africa, it's a pretty good candidate. >

I believe the plan is to go underground 2km to the deposit from the existing mine to avoid nasty permits. >

Surely that would be a great idea in several ways, environmentally speaking? >

Norway's seabed is the gift that keeps on giving. >

Still funny that we tried to trade some of it for half of Volvo, but Sweden was like "nah bro. We good" >

See? You don’t have to build your economy JUST on oil! It’s win/win! >

Like Mexico?  No, not like that >

Did another Russian submarine sink? >

Nah, it's the leftovers of the Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst. >

Isn't pre-WWII steel a precious metal now? >

Yes. The detonation of some 2000+ nuclear devices since 1945 has littered the atmosphere and surface of Earth with radioactive isotopes. Steel production requires massive amounts of oxygen, so those radioactive isotopes inevitably find their way in.
Pre-1945 shipwrecks have been shielded from this abundant radiation thanks to water’s ability to essentially block radioactive particles, in the same way that bullets quickly lose energy and stop when hitting it. As a result these wrecks are a fantastic source of “clean” steel. 
This clean steel is useful, even necessary, for many applications ranging from radiodosimetry (Geiger counters), to medical equipment, and even for spacecraft. >

From what I've heard, so I might be wrong, doesn't the current atmosphere now is mostly able to make steel with innate radioactivity low enough that they can be used in those applications again (except for seriously sensitive stuff)? >

this is correct you can make new steel that is low radioactivity the issue is the volume is low and setting up a run is expensive when you can just haul up a pre-war ship stick it in an arc furnace and call it a day.
at some point we will run out of this pre-war steel and we need more a mill set up a run make like 50 years worth of demand and then switch back. >

Wanna start a business? >

I’m moving to Norway. >

The weather is depressing as hell. It’s no place to live a full life. I moved out to the tropics and life is just happier >

Better than the tropics, high humidity and heat all year long is shit. >

lol no. Norway is dark, rainy and snowy >

Yes and it's beautiful