martincollignon

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   by martincollignon 2y ago

   Have you tried https://github.com/VikParuchuri/marker ?
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   by martincollignon 4y ago

   For dense, urban environment I think district heating should we the way to go. Works very well in Denmark!
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   by martincollignon 4y ago

   This is why we created Lun. Every gas boiler's consumption emits about 2tCO2 per year - and there are about 90 million buildings in Europe that could be heated using heat pumps instead, with huge benefits for energy efficiency and carb
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   Carbon free energy for Google Cloud regions(cloud.google.com)

   1 points by martincollignon 6y ago|0 comments
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   Google: How carbon-free is your cloud? New data lets you know(cloud.google.com)

   1 points by martincollignon 6y ago|0 comments
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   by martincollignon 6y ago

   Thanks so much for sharing! The map couldn't be what it is today without the help of the great open source community: https://github.com/tmrowco/electricitymap-contrib We're also super proud that the data is b
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   by martincollignon 6y ago

   Thanks a lot for the support and encouragement! More info coming soon about a turnkey solution ;-)
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   by martincollignon 6y ago

   COO from Tomorrow here (who provides the CO2 forecast data to Google). Happy to answer any questions!
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   Our data centers now work harder when the sun shines and wind blows(blog.google)

   507 points by martincollignon 6y ago|189 comments
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    - Quit Google and joined Tomorrow [1] - Talked to politicians and a lot of people about Carbon Fee & Dividend (you can do the same by joining Citizens Climate Lobby [2]) - Joined climateaction.tech and techimpactmakers.com - Read a sh*t
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    Global Carbon Budget 2019(globalcarbonproject.org)

    1 points by martincollignon 7y ago|0 comments
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    If you want to do something on climate change as a techie, I would suggest helping out projects here: https://github.com/topics/climate-change I would also suggest joining communities like https://climateact
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    If you want to do something as a techie, I would suggest helping out projects like the ones found here: https://github.com/topics/climate-change I would also suggest joining communities like https://climatea
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    I'm involved! Feel free to reach out at martin@tmrow.com
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    I'm astonished by the randomness of expertise among the signees. https://skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-conse...
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    I think the article misses the point of what people can do politically and what we can as a tech community do using our skills. For politics, I encourage everyone to look at Climate Citizens' Lobby [1] For tech, there are now a few com
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    You may find relevant people to partner with in this community: https://techimpactmakers.com/ Among other projects they've already released climatechoices.co
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Alright, I got criticized for spamming on other climate change posts for copy-pasting links, so here's what I'm doing. My background is growth/marketing, having worked at startups, Uber and Google. I'm quitting Google en
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Thanks for the feedback - I could try Show HN: in the future. Will reduce the posting frequency from now on.
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Got the feedback - will change behavior and post less.
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Thanks for the frank feedback and I will post less. I think also I can do a better job than "just" posting these links.
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    I'm (obviously) very involved in climate change and how tech (very represented in the HN community) can play a role in fixing it: many are asking themselves the question on how they can do something about it. I want to help these peopl
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Thanks!
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Good idea! Thanks.
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Hey NeedMoreTea, you're right - so far I haven't posted so much else. Do you have any idea on how to raise awareness of community projects that you would feel are more respectful? 50+ people have joined the projects over the last
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Want to make a difference on climate change as a technologist? Feel free to join these communities actively looking for support and with ongoing projects (that are alive): - https://climateaction.tech/ - https://
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Want to make a difference on climate change as a technologist? Feel free to join these communities actively looking for support and with ongoing projects (that are alive): - https://climateaction.tech/ - https://
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Want to make a difference on climate change as a technologist? Feel free to join these communities actively looking for support and with ongoing projects (that are alive): - https://climateaction.tech/ - https://
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Want to make a difference on climate change as a technologist? Feel free to join these communities actively looking for support and with ongoing projects (that are alive): - https://climateaction.tech/ - https://
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    by martincollignon 7y ago

    Everything will be needed - incl. political action. Not everyone wants to be political, and people should be offered other choices.