Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight against climate change?

Re:Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight agai... by runawaybottle on Sunday August 08, 2021 @10:45PM (#28112260)

I don’t think people know how to count carbon footprint the same way we know how to count calories. We’d need a database for every food, social activity, economic activity, etc.

Buying this device = 100 calories (you get the idea).

Then once we can measure that, we all have to go on a serious diet.

AR can’t come fast enough, as I’d really love just see this data by looking at something.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight agai... by ralusek on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:19AM (#28112971)

We need to do this for many reasons, because without data we have nothing. This is a baseline requirement for prioritizing/strategizing/triaging, but also offers a mechanism for imposing carbon taxes.

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