It’s not really green to bring ice to the UAE. I doubt there is a direct route between Iceland and the UAE.
Comment on greenland for the win
Ithi@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
lemmy.nowsci.com/comment/4490200
This comment from another post of the same article has some good counter points on why this probably isn’t as bad as it sounds.
chris@l.roofo.cc 10 months ago
Daxtron2@startrek.website 10 months ago
I can’t imagine an empty cargo ship and one filled with ice have the same carbon footprint?
leftascenter@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Answer is depends on real cargo. An empty ship must ballast for stability.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yeah not sure what exactly is dystopian about this.
Radicalized@lemmy.one 10 months ago
What will this industry look like in 10 years? How about 30? Will other business try to move in when they discover how profitable this industry can be? Will all the capitalists follow the same rules?
They are entire Caribbean islands that no longer have sand beaches because they were trucked away illegally by concrete companies.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Better than 100 years ago when that’s how everyone got their ice
They’ll probably just sell regular ice with fancy marketing, like how bottled water is mostly just tap water.
There’s a slight difference in scale between bougie Arabic cocktail ice, and the most widely used building material in the world.
Not saying it’s reasonable, just not exactly dystopian.
Radicalized@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Am I crazy or is none of what you said in anyway an answer/rebuttal to what I said? Maybe I didn’t word my post correctly, maybe you were just being glib. I’m going to bed.
knightly@pawb.social 10 months ago
The fact that they’re calling it “sustainable” when Greenland’s glaciers won’t last another 50 years.