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Post by futurist on Jun 16, 2016 17:36:15 GMT
For one, Iceland might look relatively similar right now to what Alaska looks like. Indeed, I would presume that, in spite of the extremely cold climate there, English-speaking American settlers will gradually move to Iceland over the next 150 years.
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Post by stevep on Jun 17, 2016 0:55:28 GMT
For one, Iceland might look relatively similar right now to what Alaska looks like. Indeed, I would presume that, in spite of the extremely cold climate there, English-speaking American settlers will gradually move to Iceland over the next 150 years. I think you will find that, despite the name Iceland is a lot warmer than Alaska and probably more temperate than a lot of the continental interior, at least in winter.  Agree that the native Icelanders are likely to be swamped by English speaking settlers. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 17, 2016 7:05:20 GMT
For one, Iceland might look relatively similar right now to what Alaska looks like. Indeed, I would presume that, in spite of the extremely cold climate there, English-speaking American settlers will gradually move to Iceland over the next 150 years. I think you will find that, despite the name Iceland is a lot warmer than Alaska and probably more temperate than a lot of the continental interior, at least in winter. Agree that the native Icelanders are likely to be swamped by English speaking settlers. I think over time that the native Icelanders will become a very small minority in Iceland if the United states buys the island. |
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Post by futurist on Jun 19, 2016 2:42:50 GMT
For one, Iceland might look relatively similar right now to what Alaska looks like. Indeed, I would presume that, in spite of the extremely cold climate there, English-speaking American settlers will gradually move to Iceland over the next 150 years. I think you will find that, despite the name Iceland is a lot warmer than Alaska and probably more temperate than a lot of the continental interior, at least in winter. Agree that the native Icelanders are likely to be swamped by English speaking settlers. The "continental interior" where exactly, though? After all, the "continental interior" in northern Canada is probably going to be much colder than the "continental interior" in the Midwestern U.S. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 19, 2016 14:38:38 GMT
I think you will find that, despite the name Iceland is a lot warmer than Alaska and probably more temperate than a lot of the continental interior, at least in winter. Agree that the native Icelanders are likely to be swamped by English speaking settlers. The "continental interior" where exactly, though? After all, the "continental interior" in northern Canada is probably going to be much colder than the "continental interior" in the Midwestern U.S. I think you will find places such as the northern great plains of the US are markedly colder than Iceland, at least in winter. Both because the latter gets some benefit from the Gulf Stream and probably more importantly its an island and benefits from the heat sink effect of large bodies of water. |
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Post by futurist on Jun 20, 2016 2:34:18 GMT
The "continental interior" where exactly, though? After all, the "continental interior" in northern Canada is probably going to be much colder than the "continental interior" in the Midwestern U.S. I think you will find places such as the northern great plains of the US are markedly colder than Iceland, at least in winter. Both because the latter gets some benefit from the Gulf Stream and probably more importantly its an island and benefits from the heat sink effect of large bodies of water. Thanks for sharing this information, Steve!  |
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Agree that the native Icelanders are likely to be swamped by English speaking settlers.