Why: temp rise under 1.5C
What: zero emissions by 2050; capture CO2
How to get to zero: vote and donate to climate+ pols, electric or no car, trains not planes, clean electricity or home solar, low or no meat, buy climate+
How to capture: plant 500 billion trees
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@javi all electronic usage accounts for about 2-3% of global GHG emissions, including blockchain, AI, your phone and my laptop. It's great to develop lower-power devices and power them with renewables, but we need these devices to coordinate and communicate; getting rid of them is a terrible way to fight climate change.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210910121715.htm
Researchers claim that previous calculations of ICT's share of global greenhouse emissions, estimated at 1.8-2.8%, likely fall short of the sector's real climate impact as they only show a partial picture. The researchers point out that some of these prior estimates do not account for the full life-cycle and supply chain of ICT products and infrastructure -- such as: the energy expended in manufacturing the products and equipment; the carbon cost associated with all of their components and the operational carbon footprint of the companies behind them; the energy consumed when using the equipment; and also their disposal after they have fulfilled their purpose.
@javi 1.5C is not impossible; we can go over and come back down. It's a really bad scenario, though.
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