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A comment on Ask HN: What can I do about climate change?.

Re:Ask HN: What can I do about climate change? by just-juan-post on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:15AM (#24375092)
I think the first logical step is to quit your job as a software engineer. The carbon footprint created by all the compute time you use over your lifetime won't help your cause.

I would suggest becoming Amish.

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Re:Ask HN: What can I do about climate change? by jolmg on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:52PM (#24380494)
I think they're looking for the most cost-effective, not the least cost-effective.
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Re:Ask HN: What can I do about climate change? by Lorenz-Kraft on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:29AM (#24375214)
well ... there is certainly something in-between. Changing is mostly done in little steps.
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