fmstrat ,

Guess I'll post this again:

I put this in the cross post, bit figure it belongs here, too:

While ridiculous, there's interesting context here.

  • Greenland has little to no economy
  • The ice is mined from ice that has already broken away from the glacier, thus not reducing any more than nature has already
  • Cargo ships bringing frozen food used to leave empty, now that same fuel is used to transport ice back instead of going to waste
  • The founder has always dreamed of a sustainable economy for Greenland
  • He is conflicted about how his work to do this in a sustainable way is being taken

Lots of gray here.

The whole conversation, including how the ships are already there, details on economy, etc, are in this thread: https://lemmy.world/comment/6556590

psycho_driver ,

Mmmm it's like playing the lottery but if you win you get to be patient zero for the ancient virus that ends up wiping out humanity.

TheBat ,
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Gimme that ✨prehistoric bacteria✨

Colour_me_triggered ,

Rich people sicken me.

cosmicrookie ,
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It's environmentally friendly because they don't waste energy to freeze the water. It's already frozen! /s

nis ,

...ice which has never been polluted by any human being.

shows picture of human being polluting said ice

ReasonablePea ,

Why wait for climate change when you can just pick off chunks and bring them to a desert -__-

DragonTypeWyvern ,

If you look at their current sourcing it's fine. They're not cutting apart glaciers, they're gathering it from parts that have calved and will just melt apart regardless.

Greenland has a right to sell their natural resources as much as anyone else, and the sad thing is this admittedly ludicrous enterprise is more profitable for less environmental damage than most things.

Hubi ,

The problem is all the carbon that is emitted to transport the ice from Greenland halfway around the world for no other reason than bullshit marketing.

FlapKap ,
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Since Greenland Imports a lot and doesn't really have a lot of export, a big part of the trip would be sailed anyway, just with empty containers

Flughoernchen ,

People forget it's not just the shipping itself. First of all, ships just like every other vehicle need more energy to move the heavier they are. Secondly the ice needs to be cooled for most of the trip and portable coolers are real energy guzzlers. So without doing the maths transporting ice from Greenland to Dubai is much more harmful than ships with empty containers on the same way.

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