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by johnfernow 4y ago
>Imported goods get a lot more complex though. True, it definitely is trickier, but it can be managed to some degree. > The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act has a provision built in to protect trade competitiveness: a ‘Carbon
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by johnfernow 4y ago
> The simplest approach, administratively, is to levy the carbon tax “upstream,” where the fewest entities would be subject to it (for instance, suppliers of coal, natural gas processing facilities, and oil refineries). Include other hig
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by johnfernow 4y ago
> Apple laptops became the dev machines of choice because they embraced the OSS community in pretty big ways. Right now the water feels tepid. You could triple boot Windows, MacOS and Linux with Intel Macs. A Mac was a great choice becau
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by johnfernow 4y ago
> 2. It's not reasonable to expect to use it for 10 years. Even if Apple stops supporting it, you can still use it. In addition, Macs have insane resale value. So you can sell it in 5 years, and then buy a new one. This is a more re
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by johnfernow 4y ago
No figures for a Xeon machine in particular, but some other figures for a general idea (from The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee, 2020 second edition, page 140): Manufacturing a computer: * 326 kg CO2e: 13-inch MacBook Pr
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by johnfernow 4y ago
Are there any organizations that one can donate to that use those more effective methods? There are tons of different organizations for carbon offsets, but I haven't seen any that inject CO2 into saline aquifers if you donate to them,
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by johnfernow 5y ago
I love static site generators and I really wish more sites were built with them. There are likely millions of websites that have no login functionality or other functionality that specifically requires a back-end, but use a CMS anyway. Usua
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by johnfernow 5y ago
Thank you for mentioning the comma2. I also knew about OpenPilot but didn't realize there was a commercial product where most things are ready to go. I checked it out and am thinking about getting one now.
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by johnfernow 5y ago
Since these pages will likely be updated, here are the archived links as proof of this happening: https://web.archive.org/web/20210604192821/https://www.bing.... https://web.archive.org/w