Posted on 03/01/2024 2:51:18 PM PST by billorites
Greenland start-up is being accused of doing titanic damage to the environment by shipping ice from glaciers over 100,000 years old to be used in cocktails served at high-priced bars in Dubai.
Arctic Ice, which started this year, touts its product as the “oldest and purest” ice in the world as it is harvested from icebergs in Greenland — a distance of more than 4,730 miles from the Middle Eastern megalopolis.
Though the makers say they hope to highlight global warming’s effects on ice sheets with the their business model — and even stop sea levels from rising — the scheme is getting a frosty reception.
“Guys. This is nuts,” one person wrote in the comments section on Arctic Ice’s Instagram page in response to a promotional video. “The planet is freaking burning.”
The company’s website hammers home the point that the ice destined to chill drinks in glitzy watering holes halfway around the world is taken from icebergs already naturally detached from the glacier and floating in Greenland’s Nuuk fjord.
“We do not take any ice from the glacier. Millions or billions of tons of ice breaks off the glaciers every year,” the site stresses. “Our very limited production thereby has a very insignificant impact.”
More so, Arctic Ice argues that by using icebergs that would otherwise melt into the ocean, it is preventing the ice from contributing to rising sea levels.
A selected chunk of iceberg is carefully inspected before being hoisted with a crane onto the company’s ship, where it is splintered into smaller pieces with sanitized chainsaws and hammers, and packed into insulted food-grade crates for transport.
Samples are then taken from each iceberg and sent to a third-party lab to be tested for the presence of any potentially harmful ancient microorganisms or bacteria.
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A mash-up of selling ice to eskimos and sand to arabs.
Love it!
I want me some ancient ice for my GnT.
Maybe it’s the stuff with the ancient deadly viruses in it.
Wouldn’t that be a hoot?!
Didn’t they see the movie “The Thing”?
I’m starting to wonder if the climate change cultist have some kind of erotic love for ice. Why all the love for what is essentially lifeless water? Mining ice from a glacier is nothing to worry about.
HELLO! They are using ice which would melt due to climate change causing oceans to rise and moving to thirsty people in the desert thus preventing the ocean levels from rising! A Win-Win.
They are taking extreme precautions but they can always do more. For a reasonable fee, I will be willing to certify the ice as non-GMO. I think I have the scientific chops to do this.
Just put ‘sustainable’ ‘transgenderous’ ‘equitable’ all over the label. It will be the first, official woke ice.
“A mash-up of selling ice to eskimos and sand to arabs.”
Brilliant
can you imagine how miserable it must be to live your life as a liberal?
LMAO
I get a good laugh nearly every day at their stupidity :)
Why complain? They’re negating global warming by sending arctic ice to Dubai - cools the Middle East. Send more arctic ice, save the world.
Is it true that liberals are flaming mad over stores and places that serve iceberg lettuce?
There was an episode of What’s My Line back in the mid-late 60’s where the business was precisely this one.
The Japanese did it in the 80’s when they were walkin’ all over us.
The things people get upset about! It’s not a living creature,its not a historical artifact, it’s ice! Who cares where it goes?!
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