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Re:Ask HN: What are important climate science opensource pro... by LostWanderer on Thursday February 16, 2017 @04:20AM (#13658629)
There is this crypto currency called gridcoin where you lend your machine's processing power for researches like climate change,cancer research... Very intersting projects there
Re:Ask HN: What are important climate science opensource pro... by fiftyacorn on Thursday February 16, 2017 @05:13AM (#13658809)
I mean its a nice idea, but how does that work - wouldnt the spare cycles use energy and contribute to climate change?
Re:Ask HN: What are important climate science opensource pro... by thatcat on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:11AM (#13661030)
Depends on your locations power source: nuclear, wind, solar, and hydro don't cause co2 emission.