Geography class: Iceland to harvest more corn and less bitcoin, says PM
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Iceland to harvest more corn and less bitcoin, says PM
What percentage of the cereals that Iceland consumes does it produce?
Why does Iceland need to reduce its reliance on imports?
What has enticed energy-intensive data centres and bitcoin miners to locate in Iceland?
“It’s not exactly easy to be a farmer in Iceland”, so why are they discussing the planting of corn?
Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com
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