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A comment on Ask HN: Is There Any Interest in an Open Source Solution for Climate Change.

Re:Ask HN: Is There Any Interest in an Open Source Solution ... by wlib on Monday February 25, 2019 @03:32PM (#19249164)
Environmental problems will only be solved if 1) people can earn money by solving it 2) people hit a breaking point, and actually drop what they're doing to help

...and #2 doesn't seem very likely for a while. So the only practical thing to do right now is spread awareness and to support companies implementing #1. I made a comment here about permaculture which I recommend you see [1]. And I also have an example company implementing #1 [2]. And here's an example of #1 actually happening [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18215706 [2] https://youtu.be/mETzoNau5A8 [3] https://youtu.be/_3KkN8hvUCI

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Re:Ask HN: Is There Any Interest in an Open Source Solution ... by dkiarie on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:44PM (#19257112)
I'm actually at option 2 right now but don't know how to put my skills to use in this area.

I'm in my early 20's and have reached a breaking point where I'm genuinely willing to drop everything including quit my job to help towards a realistic solution.

I'm very concerned that climate change will seriously effect us in the near future and I don't see change being made quickly enough.

I know I'm in the minority but we number 2's do exist.

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Re:Ask HN: Is There Any Interest in an Open Source Solution ... by nicholas73 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:28PM (#19266171)
The early 20's are about as free as you'll ever be. It's not a long period of time either.
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