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

submitted 1 year ago by wanderingmagus@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You answered all the questions I had when I saw this. It does really depend on the context. Another positive thing might be that the amount of ice they are able to transfer to be used as ice cubes in a drink is less fresh water melt that would have gone into the oceans (affecting things like the AMOC), which is one of many concerns about Greenland's melting ice.

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The water from the ice will find its way to the oceon whether it melts in Greenland or the UAE though?

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, with different effects. I'm not saying this will really have a measurable influence, but melt into Greenland waters is far worse than in most other places. Just look into papers discussing the AMOC slowdown and its causes.

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