Thread

Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden

119 points · 94 comments · davidja

blondie9x · 1790630889 · focus · HN ↗
Do we know what the goal was? Was this to protect forest land? Similar to something like this? <a href="https://www.nicfi.no/2024/12/10/norway-strengthens-support-of-indonesias-record-low-rainforest-emissions/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nicfi.no/2024/12/10/norway-strengthens-support-o...
Although I'm not sure what Norway is attempting is actually working - similar to what we see with carbon credits essentially showing no material decrease in greenhouse gas emission growth. Indonesia is going through some of the worst wildfires ever experienced in human history at the moment. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqevw9y34y34t" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqevw9y34y34t
1. NewJazz · 1790631805 · focus · HN ↗
  Bunker.
  1. bigyabai · 1790633761 · focus · HN ↗
    Nah. Sweden has much better places for bunkers than the forest, many of them pre-built into the mountains or on private property.
    Given the current turmoil, building a bunker in the Swedish forest would be like building your porch underneath a tree with 50 beehives.
2. newsclues · 1790633492 · focus · HN ↗
  carbon credits? and skiing?
3. throwaway5752 · 1790635488 · focus · HN ↗
  Probably to survive or profit from the imminent collapse of human friendly global climate conditions.
4. crimsoneer · 1790890773 · focus · HN ↗
  He really likes skiing and being left alone.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.