A new company is shipping Arctic ice from Greenland to Dubai

[mjhay]

A profligate waste that's very on-brand for Dubai. Glacial ice doesn't taste great anyway, because it's pretty much distilled water.

[YeahThisIsMe]

If you can taste the ice cubes in your drink, there's probably something wrong with them.

[namaria]

Dubai is gonna make for some very striking ruins in a few decades...

[walthamstow]

What is old shall become new again

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-king-s-cross-ice-wel...

[hcfman]

Surely taking cold things away from the waters there contributes to the warming of the area? In order for that ice to melt it has to take warm from the area surrounding it doesn't it?

Taking that ice away then is highly morally bankrupt, surely.

[wodenokoto]

A bit of ice sold to Dubai is nothing compared to the hauls of water shipped around the world. This is plastic straw level of complaining.

[nocsi]

And Saudi Arabia maintains several pieces of land w/ water rights to import & extract water as alfaalfa. You’d think they’d leverage their oil and build out desalination plants

[rad_gruchalski]

Yes, we need to pay more for CO₂ in Europe. That’ll show 'em.

[namaria]

You think reducing carbon emissions is about 'owning' some group of people?

[SailToSki]

Their website appears to be targeting hotels, restaurants, and bars. I find it hard to believe that patrons are going to know where the ice in their mixed drink is from.

[viccis]

If you're an establishment selling to wealthy consumers, which is the market in the kind of places they're targeting, then your clientele does respond to kind of outrageous gimmicks like this. They're seeking novelty and pedigree. Then it comes down to: if you can entice customers to pay some X up charge, pay Y for the ice, and X > Y, then it's worth it for everyone involved to ship that stuff around.

[kalupa]

i'm sure the drinks menus will prominently market and upsell it as a luxury you pay even more for