And? So carve out a wider area. The defeatism is palpable in here, some hackers. Why even get out of bed in the morning, right?

They extract oil from tar sands in Alberta, for example. Difficult things are done all the time that are costly, as long as the price exceeds the cost.

To be clear my post above is not supportive of the administration, but rather the feasibility of mining at high latitudes.