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Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it.

Its co-founder Malik V Rasmussen said the ice, which has been compressed over millennia, is completely without bubbles and melts more slowly than regular ice. It is also purer than the frozen mineral water usually used in Dubai’s ice cubes.

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[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 63 points 10 months ago (2 children)

When the world starts burning, these guys will be selling marshmallows on the side. Fuck everything about this, from the bottom of my heart.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You gotta make a living. Why not make a living off of those stupid idiots who value your magic ice over regular ice. It's like selling overpriced paper cards with pretty pictures to kids who love Pokemon. Except kids are kids and these arabs are supposed to be fully capable adults. It's a low risk, high reward game. I can't blame them.

[–] Zworf@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

Maybe because it makes global warming much worse, shipping refridgerated ice through the air to the desert?

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess you didn't read the article then?

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Wrong guess.

Harvesting this ice is not carbon neutral.
A ship filled with ice will burn more fuel compared to an empty ship. A refrigerated ship even more so. An ice cube paid with petrodollars to travel a few thousand miles just for some asshole bragging rights, I mean, I can't even... Why is there a demand for this in the first place?

The gall of claiming this a low carbon business is perplexing. Low compared to what, exactly? If I make solar powered freezers in UAE and freeze distilled water, I'm pretty sure I would get the same results at a mere fraction of the total cost. But hey, no bragging rights.