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CTRL+F "climate" - Phrase not found. This is saddening. But hey, at least blockchain is present!
by adem 5y ago
CTRL+F "climate" - Phrase not found. This is saddening. But hey, at least blockchain is present!
- finite_jest 5y ago> Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments. Also, not everyone has to frame and align every single one of their actions in accordance with the "progressive" view.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoOnly certain folks think of the climate as a '"progressive" view'
- finite_jest 5y agoNot really. It is certainly an issue which progressives put more weight on. And there is a disagreement on the solutions too: progressives are generally apprehensive about nuclear. [1] You can personally attack me with any one of the "certain" labels in the arsenal. But you can also choose to argue in good faith. [1]: e.g. https://www.greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build-cleaner-cloud/10-reasons-oppose-nuclear-energy https://www.greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build...
- samhw 5y ago> And there is a disagreement on the solutions too: progressives are generally apprehensive about nuclear. Yeah, this is one of the things I really hate about my side of the aisle. It's stupid, unscientific, and just plain uninformed. Nuclear energy is one of our best, most actually viable ways out of this mess. (File with: GMO crops, 'chemicals', etc.)
- JohnTHaller 5y agoI replied to parent. Democrats now poll around 60% in favor of nuclear energy while Republicans poll at 64% in favor. It changed a lot in a few years.
- samhw 5y agoAh, I hadn't realised that. I'm really glad to hear that. Obviously I hope PV and other green energy sources will take off, but in the interim nuclear is by far the best established and working green source of energy.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoThis has changed in the last few years: https://ecoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nuclear-support-2021.png https://ecoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nuclear-su...
- finite_jest 5y agoThat was interesting. Surveys are not that reliable though, and the outcome depends on how the question is being asked. I found this 2020 survey by Pew Research which I think paints a more realistic picture [1]. It has a larger sample size [2], and IMO it asks a more objective/specific question. Among "Conservative Republicans", 59% responded that they support expanding nuclear power plants, in contrast with 35% of "Liberal Democrats". Interestingly, for "Mod/lib Republicans", that number is also below 50%. You might have a point though. My personal observation is that there has been a slight shift among the progressives, but not as much as the graph by ecoAmerica suggests. [1]: https://archive.is/2iEHj#selection-1253.0-1253.154 https://archive.is/2iEHj#selection-1253.0-1253.154 [2]: I think the sample size is 10,957.
- JohnTHaller 5y agoThis survey is still a year and 7 months old now. In my personal observation is that most of the folks I know here in NYC who identify as a Democrat, Progressive, etc are in favor of nuclear power.
- ErikVandeWater 5y agoThat's extremely glass half-empty of you. There's a surprising number of companies in this list that are about sustainable production. And Zeno Power is developing clean (nuclear) energy.
- Victerius 5y agoVitalik Buterin was on Forbes' 30 under 30 a few years ago. These rankings and fellowships mean nothing.
- hhs 5y agoPlease note that you are conflating two different things. This piece is on the fellowship, and the article says: “To date, companies created by Thiel Fellows are together valued at more than $46.8 billion, excluding Ethereum which is valued at $450 billion.”
- ihsw 5y ago
- bcwarner 5y agoThe last company mentioned does mentions clean energy, but yeah, there is a lot of blockchain here.
- cma 5y agoI see electric planes and telemedicine, which are both climate related. And an even bigger one: > Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments.
- emmett 5y agoCome on...before you post complaints about how someone else is literally giving away millions of dollars to the wrong promising young people, maybe actually read the list of projects? "Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments." He's literally funding clean energy. And even if this year's list didn't have that in the list, let's celebrate someone doing good instead of lobbing stones from the sidelines about how they didn't do it the exact way we would have.
- strulovich 5y agoThe first person is working electric aviation (but their website mentions military uses alongside the usual medical aid ones - point for honesty?) Another one is about small scale nuclear reactors. So it this just about the term? It the people? It’s not very environmental directed, but not everything has to be.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't post shallow indignant comments to HN. They're lame, even if you're right, and they make discussion quality significantly worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html