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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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625 points zdw | 2 comments | 27 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.005s | source
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tokai ◴[27 Sep 25 17:34 UTC] No.45397783[source]▶
«This would end up being a theme, where buildings representing Denmark were made out of lots of wood, almost to ensure that you understood they weren't from here.»

Wooden buildings is much more of a Swedish or Norwegian thing than Danish. Wood is just a good material for building in the arctic.

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SilverElfin ◴[27 Sep 25 17:49 UTC] No.45397917[source]▶
Why is it a good material? I would think steel or reinforced concrete would be better, with cheap corrugated metal paneling. And either way you need reinforced concrete foundations right?
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coryrc ◴[27 Sep 25 18:07 UTC] No.45398073[source]▶
Wood is a much better insulator than those two materials. At cold temps even the fasteners holding on cladding over foam sheets is a significant source of lost heat, so if screwed into wood instead of steel framing, you conduct much less heat.
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1. SilverElfin ◴[27 Sep 25 19:53 UTC] No.45398840{3}[source]▶
Can’t you put some insulation on fasteners? Or just hold insulation on from the inside without piercing the outside wall?
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2. coryrc ◴[28 Sep 25 15:57 UTC] No.45405301[source]▶
Obviously there are various schemes to mitigate (not eliminate) this loss and others. It all takes expertise and money, both of which will be in short supply.

Also it's not like Greenland has an excess of concrete or steel either.