Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?

Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by mhkool on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:45AM (#20015480)

The easiest way to reduce CO2 is to plant a forest, so look for companies that do this.

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by 1nverseMtx on Sunday May 26, 2019 @12:18PM (#20015669)

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1131365880435286016?s...

Those tree planting drone companies probably require software engineering.

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by sjclemmy on Sunday May 26, 2019 @12:01PM (#20015582)

I was thinking about this yesterday and came up with this question: How many trees would I have to plant, and how long would they have to live to offset my (average Western European) lifetime CO2 contribution?

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by gameswithgo on Sunday May 26, 2019 @12:06PM (#20015607)

and if you fly somewhere to plant it you just added a bunch more

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by sjclemmy on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:08PM (#20016406)

Yeah, but how many?

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by abathur on Sunday May 26, 2019 @01:02PM (#20015926)

I don't recall where, but I recently saw something about the net effect on long-run global temperature being muddled if the tree's dark foliage absorbs more heat than baseline for the environment.

I'm not sure if that's just an asterisk indicating that the short-run effect may be a wash, or if it's clear enough to rule out some environments/tree species in favor of other choices.

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by gameswithgo on Sunday May 26, 2019 @12:05PM (#20015606)

that is only a temporary buffer

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Re:Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle ... by plange on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:56AM (#20015547)

ecosia.org

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