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Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (theguardian.com)
3 points by elsewhen on Jan 18, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Weirdly seems a decent idea.

All kinds of drug-taking comes with its rituals, and the 'experience' of having a cocktail served with glacier ice from Greenland no doubt evokes a sense of wonder and excitement while taking a drink. At least its something 'real' rather than processed slop.

At the same time, you're making use of empty cargo ships, keeping people up in Greenland employed, and creating a bit of media buzz about the state of glaciers. I don't think there's a negative side to be had here?

We should be encouraging the rich - as much as possible - to be splashing their cash on luxuries like this. It keeps the wealth flowing, industries of passion moving, and people like in the article here able to do something interesting with their lives.


That's crazy as people don't even drink that much there relative to the rest of the world. Alcohol is already highly taxed there, can imagine this increasing the prices more




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