Unpopular opinion: people in the tech industry fly too much.
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“Technologies have always been about emphasizing the mobility of the elite. It prioritizes their need to connect and their ways of making an income.” –
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For most of us, it’s normal to fly multiple times per year for conferences, meetings, and retreats. And air pollution is getting worse; particularly with regards to global warming.https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/1/11/18177118/airlines-climate-change-emissions-travel …
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This is one of those hard realities I don’t want to think about. I like flying to conferences and events. The face-to-face connections I’ve made there have been invaluable. But, if we’re serious about tackling climate change we need to look at everything.
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You might want to check out some of
@Noahpinion 's threads on this. Brief summary: no matter what we do in the developed world, ~4 billion+ people going through fossil fuel driven growth in China, India, and African nations will eviscerate any gains from lifestyle changes we make2 odpowiedzi 1 podany dalej 1 polubiony -
The only way we can really keep a handle on things is by heavily investing in/subsidizing a less carbon heavy path from developing->developed country for these nations to pursue.
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Jonathan Meier podał/a dalej Noah Smith 🐇
Here's the one I was thinking of in particular: https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1051671813464322049?s=21 …https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1051671813464322049 …
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Noah Smith 🐇Konto zweryfikowane @Noahpinion1/Here is a thread about climate change that's going to make a lot of people mad. Basically, America, on its own, has a LOT power to stop climate change than almost anyone admits. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-14/china-is-the-climate-change-battleground …Pokaż ten wątek1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 1 polubiony
Justin Jackson podał/a dalej Noah Smith 🐇
Yes, and this is the part I’m taking about. We still need to take action. https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144?s=21 …https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144 …
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