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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by dotancohen on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:46AM (#18192352)
> I doubt there's any large corporation the shuttering of which would not benefit the environment.

Tesla.

Tesla has done more tangible work towards removing carbon from the atmosphere than probably any other entity in history.

Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by growlist on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:25PM (#18214654)
> Tesla has done more tangible work towards removing carbon from the atmosphere than probably any other entity in history.

Think you might be over-egging it here - think about the shift from coal to less co2 intensive sources (e.g. gas) for power generation at national scale, which has happened in many countries. I suspect that's responsible for some fairly gargantuan savings in co2 compared to Tesla, which is still a small minority player.

Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by jsingleton on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:03PM (#18196623)
This is true, and many more companies too. What I was getting at though was that tech companies have lots of influence but choose not to address this challenge and instead focus on advertising or other areas.