What can a technologist do about climate change?
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What can a technologist do about climate change?
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#2This is a masterpiece. I'm excited and overwhelmed after briefly skimming through it.
I'm looking forward to the hours it will take me to work through this web page and its hyperlinks.
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#3On a fundamental level, one can learn the discipline of systems thinking. Permaculture is an example of systems thinking with the ethics of Earth Care, People Care, & Fair Share.
It may also help you become a more effective & well rounded technologist.
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#4>Climate change is the problem of our time, it’s everyone’s problem, and most of our problem-solvers are assuming that someone else will solve it.
I would change that to say, "Climate change is a problem that will always be 50 years away".
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#5On a fundamental level, one can learn the discipline of systems thinking. Permaculture is an example of systems thinking with the ethics of Earth Care, People Care, & Fair Share. It may also help you become a more effective & well rounded technologist.
What books do you recommend for learning more about systems thinking? This is the list that I'm using: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/giftlist/11TF5E15VQZ82
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#6I always wonder who might invest in and how much CO² could be saved by bringing the Americas to 230V.
Due to half the voltage, the current needs to be doubled for the same power at 110V leading to much higher losses due to resistance (U=I*R²).
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#7>Climate change is the problem of our time, it’s everyone’s problem, and most of our problem-solvers are assuming that someone else will solve it. I would change that to say, "Climate change is a problem that will always be 50 years away".
At the bottom of the page, Bret says "at least for the next century, the “problem” of climate change will not be “solved” — it can only be “managed”. This is a long game. One more reason to be thinking about tools, infrastructure, and foundations. The next generation has some hard work ahead of them."
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#8I'd think there are better sources for reading about climate change than an author one who must admit "I didn’t mention nuclear because I don’t know much about it."
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#9I still like Burt Rutan's take on the AGW question (http://rps3.com/Files/AGW/EngrCritique.AGW-Science.v4.3.pdf).
He looks at it as an engineer, using generally-accepted data. His conclusion is that the alarmists are wrong.
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#10Interacting with that graph of world carbon emissions and gradually realizing what it is showing me. Stuff of nightmares (and fantastic interaction design).