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1. They don't talk about it because it is not the primary cause of the warming we see. [0] 2. China and India have agreed to reduce emissions, as part of the Paris agreement. 45% o…

+1 to CCL, they are a well-respected organization. (disclosure, I work at Google, but not in any way related to this project)

1. 100% of the problem that climatologists discuss is heat from the sun, trapped, by greenhouse gasses that we release. As you rightly point out, we can't control the sun, so we mu…

If you're (rightly) concerned about climate change there is a lot you can do. Here are three good resources. Bret Victor's "What can a technologist do about climate change" is wond…

Another great resource: Bret Victor's "What Can A Technologist Do About Climate Change" http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/

Here's an attempt at those things: https://medium.com/@i2amsam/we-can-do-it-ourselves-part-1-48... I'd love feedback. (And if you are interested in climate and tech join us at Clim…

If you're concerned by this, a group of us tech folks will be marching with the Climate March on April 29th. Join us! https://techsector.peoplesclimate.org/

Elected officials follow public opinion, and large-scale protest is an effective way to demonstrate and shape opinion. Join other technologists at the Climate March in 2 weeks (Apr…

It was alarming before when he said it, and then alarming then he followed up and did it, for exactly the same reasons. The scientific community is clear & unambiguous: this is a h…

You mean, other than the insane people at: Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Oracle, HP, Uber... Clearly some successful entrepreneurs find that the 13 cents to still be worth it t…

I mean, you say they are not idiots, but also that they are knowingly destroying the ecosystem on which supports all life on their planet. Which is kinda like knowing the brakes on…

The lack of medallion rent-seeking could be Uber's structural advantage against taxis. The framing I see sometimes of Big Mean Uber vs 'poor little guy cab driver' seems wholly out…

Washington State rejected one, unfortunately, one significant downside of the state solution is that some demand can just easily shift to another location. I wonder if there's a sc…

Greenpeace has some basics but not that level of detail. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/click-clean/

I think Arcadia Power is available nationally, I believe it was 1.5c/kWhr very cheap. It's the same REC offsetting that Google is doing, just at a much smaller scale. http://www.ar…

You shouldn't sometimes question it, you should persistently question and change it. It isn't just possible that we destroy civilization, it's actually quite likely. We know that d…

I had the experience of working in healthcare doing data visualization for doctors. The first version of my software I took a very "engineering" approach, a simple, no-frills just-…

Here's a dry, boring presentation of the data[0] (with a 'world average' tab as well as Mauna.) My understanding is that CO2 is close enough to well-mixed that levels are consisten…

Some folks are certainly hinting at it. http://rameznaam.com/2015/08/10/how-cheap-can-solar-get-very...

Yes, but is the rate of growth of CO2 concentration sublinear, linear or superlinear?

Some ideas for positive action: "What can a technologist do about climate change?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10622615 (Spoiler: Be engaged, be influential, use your high…

This reminds me of the DeepMind bit where the AI beat human players despite not knowing about the edifice of built up knowledge in that domain. I'd expect that an AI could be a gre…

and to add more context, the bid in this article is $24/MWh, which would imply a $100/MWh Solar + Storage cost given the numbers above from Lazard. For comparison, the new Hinkley …