# Another great headline:"As ice melts, Greenland could become big sand exporter" **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun\ **Created:** [February 13, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572 "2019-02-13T13:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/1 "2019-02-13T13:21:58Z")
> **[As ice melts, Greenland could become big sand exporter: study](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-greenland/as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter-study-idUSKCN1Q01YG)** > > Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warm... Never mind that the Greenland icesheet melt would put New York, London, Shanghai, Boston and San Francisco under water (1)… Out of all places, this headline comes from the “Sustainable Business” section of Reuters—the irony 🙂 _(1) [This PRI article](https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-12-03/greenland-s-ice-sheet-melts-scientists-want-know-how-fast) shows 23ft sea water rise from Greenland icesheet_ ---
**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/2 "2019-02-13T20:34:18Z")
that’s burying the lede in a ton of sand, haha ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/3 "2019-02-13T20:36:22Z")
I had a good laugh when I read that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/4 "2019-02-14T20:39:27Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > Never mind that the Greenland icesheet melt would put New York, London, Shanghai, Boston and San Francisco under water (1)… Great, I see some more opportunities. All those cities will need Dutch hydraulic engineers to build protective barriers, that will give a nice boost to our economy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/5 "2019-02-14T20:46:04Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#): > > All those cities will need Dutch hydraulic engineers to build protective barriers, that will give a nice boost to our economy 😉 If Greenland succeeds in getting access to all that sand, these Dutch hydraulic engineers will already be quite busy adding 23ft to the height of all your polder dams 🙂 Maybe you can use some of the sand to make dam concrete with it? It could be another “rare positive spinoff from global warming” as the article calls it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/6 "2019-02-14T20:52:35Z")
Well, I guess then we’ll be the one small village of indomitable Gauls holding out against the rising sea levels. ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/7 "2019-02-14T20:53:56Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#): > > we’ll be the one small village of indomitable Gauls holding out against the rising sea levels. Oh, you got me good there, Boerenkoolix 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/8 "2019-02-14T20:59:37Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > these Dutch hydraulic engineers will already be quite busy adding 23ft to the height of all your polder dams 🙂 One day our coastline will be the highest mountain in the country 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/9 "2019-02-14T21:05:28Z")
Maybe I should send our bard over to sing in honor of those Dutch engineers? ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/10 "2019-02-14T21:18:30Z")
🤣 May I politely decline the destruction of those engineers’ hard work? I suggest you send him to our esteemed southern neighbors. That will save him some traveling and will give them finally something to unite around. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/11 "2019-02-14T22:15:09Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#): > > will give them finally something to unite around. 😜 I loved the whole response but couldn’t resist a huge laugh on this part 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/12 "2019-02-15T08:26:57Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > I loved the whole response but couldn’t resist a huge laugh on this part 🙂 I guess the French like making fun of Belgians too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/13 "2019-02-15T09:27:19Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#): > > guess the French like making fun of Belgians too 😃 I would NEVER do that! But, in fact, I’d rather make fun of the French 🙂 And I may because I am a froggie myself 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/14 "2019-02-17T21:31:23Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > I’d rather make fun of the French Isn’t that because the French can’t stand anyone else, so all they have left is to make fun of themselves? /s ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/15 "2019-02-17T21:43:58Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > because the French can’t stand anyone else, so all they have left is to make fun of themselves? /s You saw through me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-great-headline-as-ice-melts-greenland-could-become-big-sand-exporter/6572/16 "2019-02-18T11:57:38Z")
Ils sont fous, ces Français?