At least this might force the UK to reform planning so it's fit for purpose, rather than the layers of cruft we've got now.

I'm not an economist or accountant so take this with a pinch of salt, but this basically transforms Amazon money into datacentres with a guaranteed customer. That's your profit right there.

It's not the mount, it's the labour. People are expensive!

That person wasn't lying or bullshitting, they were extremely obviously joking.

They are probably being sarcastic.

No, half of American households make more than that, and a typical household has 2.5 people.

> No, half of American households make more than that, and a typical household has 2.5 people.

And 2.5 Americans per household will say “they make more than that”

Kids say “my dad is rich” and wives say “we make $70k/month”

The US is very rich, but Europe is not poor. Europe is richer than basically anywhere on the planet _except_ the US. Like even compared to Canada or Japan, Europe is (generally) as rich or richer. Poland just overtook Japan in GDP per capita! Both the UK and France are richer than the oil-rich UAE.

I mean on an absolute basis the average European enjoys a very comfortable quality of life and often a better work life balance then most in the USA.

That said in the context of this thread on why countries seem to bend over backwards for the "privilege" to sell to the USA it's because everyone is shockingly poor by comparison.

Kids also love Cocomelon, that doesn't mean we should create literally infinite amounts of this. It's like digital tobacco.

It's undeniably cool. But look at Cocomelon on YouTube, it's hard to see how this won't converge to something similar, only infinitely more scalable.

Not to speak for the OP, but I think they would argue that 'Cocomelon' type content would be a great use of the tech.

Should they incentivise rice, which doesn't grow great in the climate of economic environment of the UK, or wheat, which does?

Generally both, but rice will grow well, potentially better than wheat, in the coming climate.

Unless the North Atlantic current dies. Ooof.