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Ask HN: What could software developers do for climate change?
- Victerius 4y agoDonate money to politicians who pledge to do something about it. And if you feel comfortable enough, (and if you earn enough, e.g. 400K+) attend donor events with both parties. Talk to senior politicians. Make it clear that the no 1 issue for you is climate change.
- Minor49er 4y agoThey can quit being software developers and become farmers instead
- bananarchist 4y agoAgriculture is what got us into this trouble in the first place
- Minor49er 4y agoSo the answer isn't to back out of the corner of post-industrialization?
- jamil7 4y agoWrite everything in Rust :)
- RNeff 4y agoBuild an effective solution for remote work for developers. Then expand the solution to other employees that are not 'hands on' in a particular place. Something better than zoom and slack. Use multiple displays, cameras, speakers. The most environmentally friendly commute is no commute. The most environmentally friendly office building is no office building.
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoIt is surprisingly cheap to buy out politicians. We just need to crowd source them away from Industry/Oil&Gas interests. This is way easier than political reform against lobbying/corruption/nepotism. Find somewhere near you and get involved: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/chapters/ https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/chapters/
- logicalmonster 4y agoLiterally just calmly persuade people on the benefits of nuclear energy. Regardless of whether or not people are super-concerned about climate change, every viewpoint should be able to find something to like about this. If you're scared of climate change, nuclear energy is the only feasible solution without cutting off power to the majority of the planet. If you're not scared of climate change, you still want cheap and plentiful energy to power industry.
- stevenalowe 4y agoWell mining bitcoin is a good start… oh wait