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It doesn't do any good to pick an unrelated endeavor and say the resources would be better spent on a worthier cause instead. Private spending on space, or publ

It doesn't do any good to pick an unrelated endeavor and say the resources would be better spent on a worthier cause instead. Private spending on space, or public funding of arts and culture, or humanitarian aid, etc. is not blocking us from tackling global warming. If anything, such tangential criticisms are a distraction. Advocate for measures that would help, such as a carbon price and dividend, instead of attacking other causes and making unnecessary enemies.

mrpopo 7y ago
> If anything, such tangential criticisms are a distraction. Advocate for measures that would help, such as putting a carbon price and dividend, instead of attacking other causes and making unnecessary enemies. Amazon is allegedly the biggest company in the world, and is still not publishing open carbon emissions data[1]. Is Amazon here an "unnecessary" enemy? [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-reluctant-to-share-carbon-emissions-data/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-reluctan...
- vatueil 7y ago
  That has nothing to do with plans for satellites. Especially not space or broadband in general, as the original comment decried. Feel free to criticize other matters, but don't lump in separate projects.
bamboozled 7y ago
It doesn't do any good to pick an unrelated endeavor and say the resources would be better spent on a worthier cause instead. In theory that all sounds fine, however; Wouldn't you say it's time to set some priorities? “It’s multiple billions of dollars of capex. Amazon is a large enough company now that we need to be doing things that, if they work, can actually move the needle." Sure, advocating and not criticizing sounds good; Although, what madness and what a waste of time and money. It sounds like all we can hope for is Amazon introduces a self-imposed carbon tax.

mrpopo 7y ago

> If anything, such tangential criticisms are a distraction. Advocate for measures that would help, such as putting a carbon price and dividend, instead of attacking other causes and making unnecessary enemies. Amazon is allegedly the biggest company in the world, and is still not publishing open carbon emissions data[1]. Is Amazon here an "unnecessary" enemy? [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-reluctant-to-share-carbon-emissions-data/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-reluctan...

vatueil 7y ago
That has nothing to do with plans for satellites. Especially not space or broadband in general, as the original comment decried. Feel free to criticize other matters, but don't lump in separate projects.

bamboozled 7y ago

It doesn't do any good to pick an unrelated endeavor and say the resources would be better spent on a worthier cause instead. In theory that all sounds fine, however; Wouldn't you say it's time to set some priorities? “It’s multiple billions of dollars of capex. Amazon is a large enough company now that we need to be doing things that, if they work, can actually move the needle." Sure, advocating and not criticizing sounds good; Although, what madness and what a waste of time and money. It sounds like all we can hope for is Amazon introduces a self-imposed carbon tax.