[crenwick]

YC: let’s finance companies to solve climate change

Also YC: let’s make tools to encourage more flight travel

[nickparker]

Almost nobody in tech is interested in the degrowth solution to climate change, we’re all in on increased affluence with tech mitigations for the environmental harms.

Somebody’s gotta book all the electric / / synfuel powered flights ;)

[jacooper]

Don't kid yourself, not body's going to stop flying because of climate change.

[jhbadger]

Some people definitely have. Or have decided to limit themselves to one flight a year as a compromise. "Staycations" where people take vacations in their home town are a thing, and the pandemic has shown that most business travel is unneeded.

[jacooper]

If these people even count for 1%, that would be an achievement in itself.

[mgfist]

Solving air travel emissions will come from decarbonizing air travel, not from prohibition. Even if all flights were to be cut in half tomorrow it would have a rounding error effect on global emissions.

[mhb]

If that disturbs you, see Flock Safety (YC ??). Making the world safer one camera at a time:

https://www.flocksafety.com/

[chillbill]

What are you suggestions as an alternative to flying? How would people travel from one country to another quickly?

[jdjslskshdj]

Risk diversification I guess? But yeah, disappointing that YC would invest in something like this.

[throwawaytimes]

Rules are for peasants