With humanoids, Greenland mineral extraction becomes viable even though Europeans at Davos say it's impossible.

With humanoids, Greenland mineral extraction becomes viable even though Europeans at Davos say it's impossible. | But I think if you're talking about a billion and then 8 billion robots and you need the materials and that's the only constraint and you have robots that can operate, we can mine asteroids, buddy. [laughter] Seriously, you think we're going to be doing asteroids before Greenland? No, we'll do Greenland first. But you think Greenland is viable? Like I'm I'm not talking about 20 years from now, too. I'm talking like if you want to build a billion robots in say six years from today, it's a$50 trillion marketplace.

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But I think if you're talking about a billion and then 8 billion robots and you need the materials and that's the only constraint and you have robots that can operate, we can mine asteroids, buddy. [laughter] Seriously, you think we're going to be doing asteroids before Greenland? No, we'll do Greenland first. But you think Greenland is viable? Like I'm I'm not talking about 20 years from now, too. I'm talking like if you want to build a billion robots in say six years from today, it's a$50 trillion marketplace.

Greenland mineral extraction with humanoids in 6y — speculative; Greenland agreements advancing but not humanoid-mining yet.

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