Some questions that should be asked about every new piece of tech:

- Does it actually work?
- What are its side effects, especially for ecosystems, communities and the physical/chemical state of the natural environment?
- What’s the lifetime carbon cost?
- What’s the lifetime energy cost? If renewables, how much capacity is that taking away decarbonising the grid?
- Will scale-up cause damage?
- Who benefits most from it and who will control/regulate it for the public good?
#climate #tech

@helenczerski we are continuously hampered by what I call Level 1 thinking, essentially see problem, here is solution to problem (whether a real problem or not), therefore it’s fixed but don’t ask “what are the consequences to doing this?”.

The points you make are spot on and excellent.