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Stripe doesn't give two shits about the environment. It's just good PR. If they did, they would know that investing money in carbon recapture is not an effectiv
by shafyy 5y ago
Stripe doesn't give two shits about the environment. It's just good PR. If they did, they would know that investing money in carbon recapture is not an effective way to combat climate change. I've had it up to here with people trying to find a technofix to all our problems. It's much more simple than that.
- therealdrag0 5y agoYou think “carbon captures” is better PR than alternatives that do work such that they picked this instead? Or you think they just pulled it out of a hat? Or is your explanation just not that good?
- shafyy 5y agoYes, I think "we're investing in hightech innovation that will save the Earth" is better PR than "we're helping reforestation projects". This is inline with the disconnected Silicon Valley / Tech elite group think that every single problem on Earth can be solvee with technology.
- uoaei 5y agoThe alternative that does work is simple -- don't do crypto until the extreme carbon emissions are handled to a reasonable degree. It is clear that is not the case now. The end goal is vague but with due diligence you can keep mining crypto and the environment can keep at least some of its richness.
- judge2020 5y agoOnce the merge happens (proof of stake) and finally shard chains are deployed to mainnet ethereum[0], the main source of high fees and high emissions (ethash GPU farms) will fall tremendously. 0: https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/ https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/