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Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

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Re: Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

#2

  - Changed the electricity plan to eco+ 2 months ago. This costs ~$50 more per year
  - 99,9% Vegetarian since ~5 years
  - No car. Always take the bike even in winter
  - No children, yet :D
  - Started to discuss the topic more in order to educate myself and raise awareness
  - Think about the topic on a daily basis at least for 5min

Re: Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

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Watched Seaspiracy and questioned my "plenty more fish in the sea" assumptions. Corollary is much of the plankton and motion of creatures in the oceans helps to absorb CO2 an order of magnitude more than rainforests. Which of course are also being decimated.

Haven't watched it yet but here's Gates on the matter in new interview: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZX6uj8K_M

More discussion is needed. Especially in IT where e-waste is an issue.

Re: Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

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post #3

Watched Seaspiracy and questioned my "plenty more fish in the sea" assumptions. Corollary is much of the plankton and motion of creatures in the oceans helps to absorb CO2 an order of magnitude more than rainforests. Which of course are also being decimated. Haven't watched it yet but here's Gates on the matter in new interview: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZX6uj8K_M More discussion is needed. Especially in IT whe…

Very interesting! Never heard about it! Do you know if there are already "buy your own plankton" companies similar to "plant a tree"? From what you say it seems like this might have a higher ROI.

Also, is my hunch right that we have more space/capacity in the sea rather than on land?

Re: Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

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If you commit to choices like these in your daily life, it's net-positive for your health, wallet, and planet!

    - Stopped eating meat 30 years ago. Easy and healthy.
    - Installed solar panels on my house 2 years ago. Free installation; leasing the panels for less than the cost of the power they generate.
    - Buy renewably-sourced power from the grid, and return excess solar-generated power to the grid. Not sure how much that costs.
    - Never learned how to drive a car, so I always bicycle or use public transit. Easy and cheap and healthy!
    - Buy food that was about to be tossed in the trash via TooGoodToGo almost every day now. Very cash positive and involves an extra bike ride.

Re: Ask HN: What actions did you take against climate change?

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The ones listed here: http://www.kimnicholas.com/uploads/2/5/7/6/25766487/fig1full... .

The picture mainly focuses on things that we should avoid. Do you know if there is a similar one with things that we can actively do e.g. comparing planting trees to other investments?
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