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by kortilla 935 days ago
The concern is that it’s a bullshit distraction that doesn’t do anything. It’s like farting into a hurricane to reduce how far it goes inland.

EVs and thermostats make complete sense because they dominate energy consumption.

I think 10 minutes less of air conditioning will probably offset the entire lifetime of my iPhone’s energy consumption.

We are in an attention constrained world and people focusing on shit like this to make themselves feel like they are helping when they should be replacing insulation in homes or building solar is a real issue.

It’s the same thing as making restaurants ask before providing water to “solve the drought”.