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 smt88 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:29PM (#28112480)

A huge amount of carbon is emitted by sources that can't be profitably replaced in the near future: coal (especially in China), concrete, and cars come to mind.

The only entities that can accelerate the switch is the government. Those sources of carbon are still too cheap in most places for consumers or businesses to want to stop using them entirely.

I'll also point out that OP asked what a software dev can do, not what a physicist or engineer can do.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight agai... by deepnotderp on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:28AM (#28112760)

Natural gas is rapidly obsoleting coal on price, thanks to American frackers. Pollution absolutely can be replaced profitably, and without plunging billions back into poverty

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Re:Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight agai... by ximeng on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:39AM (#28112805)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/winter-is-coming-tem... this article suggests that natural gas prices may increase

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Re:Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight agai... by smt88 on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:18AM (#28112965)

Burning natural gas is not a solution to climate change.

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