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I wonder if we'll see significant settlement of the arctic for the first time, as the century continues. They have reasonable solar potential 6 months of the year, water is easy to come by, and it's obviously plenty cool for things like data centers and adapting to climate change. I can imagine something like the Mongolian bitcoin mines, but in a newly founded community centering around it on an ice cap, and surrounded by a giant solar farm. Maybe they'd ship equipment between hemispheres according to season.
What's the solution for generation of electricity for the other 50% of the year though?
Well just get an extension cable from the Antarctic
I unironically think this is inevitable eventually, barring apocalypse. Not for a long time though, since there's many many shorter hops that make more economic sense.