Sweden moves town to send ore to China

[DrLeftover]

May 24, 2015

KIRUNA, Sweden — To feed China’s growing appetite for raw materials, this venerable mining town 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle is poised to become a cutting-edge Tomorrowland as it prepares to move buildings, residents and even a century-old wooden church to a new location a few miles away.

“These will be the first to go,” said Kjell Torma, editor of KirunaTidningen, the local newspaper, pointing to a row of red brick apartment blocks surrounded by construction fences. “If you want a cheap kitchen fan or some radiators, get in there.”

Over the next 10 years, Kiruna officials plan to demolish the apartments and most other buildings in this town of 18,000 residents and then rebuild them as far as three miles away — all part of an ambitious $375 million project to make way for the expansion of a giant iron mine as demand from China has suddenly made extraction here worth the investment.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/24/sweden-to-relocate-entire-city-of-kiruna-to-meet-c/

 

[+paradox]

pretty cool for sweden...

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Thats is great, a socialist government kicking out thousands of people and in total control of a valuable resource. Then use the peoples money to rebuild a entire city. Fantastic! And since when did iron become used for energy?

 

[DrLeftover]

Thats is great, a socialist government kicking out thousands of people and in total control of a valuable resource. Then use the peoples money to rebuild a entire city. Fantastic! And since when did iron become used for energy?

Try to build a coal fired electric power plant without iron.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Ok that makes sense.

 

[DrLeftover]

But, hang on for a second.

Isn't Sweden all about Man Made Global Warming and how terrible "Western Style capitalistic consumerism" is?

 

[Evil Eye]

Deja vu. I'm pretty sure the same thing happened in Norway or something a few years ago.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Ok that makes sense.

Yes they are hypocrites. As many of us say it is not about anything but power over the people.