> environmental waste From the article: > It concluded that one could send the lake ice 286 miles by truck, 1,438 miles by rail, or 4,284 miles by container s

> environmental waste From the article: > It concluded that one could send the lake ice 286 miles by truck, 1,438 miles by rail, or 4,284 miles by container ship until it broke even with the energy required to produce a Clinebell block. This report was of course commissioned by the business in question so it is likely biased, but generally speaking it seems clear that shipping natural ice and freezing your own ice are roughly comparable in terms of environmental impact.