Frugal Computing (2021)
&gt; To address these challenges, action is needed on many fronts. What will you do to make frugal computing a reality?<p>Frustrating that the authors ends with such an &quot;open note&quot;, without any practical &quot;first steps&quot;. (This [1] at least _tries_ to give some options, as arguable as they are.)<p>There are obvious contenders:<p>* keep your phone longer. Brag about it. Find a persuasive way to _demand_ that apps, updates, etc... keep working. I don&#x27;t know what difference 5 years vs 3 years do, though.<p>* make fun of people who change their phone all the time. (Or for that matter, make fun of consumerism _in general_.) Assuming peer pressure stands a chance against advertising industry.<p>* write efficient software ? (The joke is that anything that can be rewritten in Rust will be rewritten in Rust; but the jury is still out on whether the energy saved _running_ Rust code will offset the energy consumed _compiling_ it.)<p>* write no software ? (especially if you&#x27;re in the cat picture and fake news sharing business ?)<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;worrydream.com&#x2F;ClimateChange&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;worrydream.com&#x2F;ClimateChange&#x2F;</a>