I have a fairly generic reaction to this.

Make metals at the top of Everest. Then we’ll talk.

You’re right, that is a generic reaction. And completely ignorant of the different chemistry, environment, and context.

Really? Seems like building a manufacturing capability on Everest or Antarctica or a Saharan dune sea would be easier in every single way.

	▲	margalabargala 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You're right, it would be easier in every single way. It would also be different enough that it's not a useful or meaningful comparison. You might as well say "bake a cake while standing on stilts, then we'll talk". By the way, humans have been mining, and on-and-off purifying, iron from the Saharan dune sea for a thousand years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zou%C3%A9rat
	▲	adastra22 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		While there is a lot that could be said about this at the object level, the correct answer is “so what?”