Ask HN: Can software engineering help combat climate change?
The most impactful thing is to Stop Doing Things.<p>This does not mean nihilism or acceptance of the status quo, it just means that we cannot <i>produce</i> our way out of this mess.<p>I am typing this after staying up all night in a suburban area by an arterial road -- the world is beautifully quiet at 3:00AM. The magic didn&#x27;t last long, because a mere hour later I started hearing whispers of a waking world. It&#x27;s now 4:30AM and there&#x27;s a steadily increasing whoosh of tires and a growing cacophony of revving engines. All these people are rapidly going somewhere, but why? Is it really necessary?<p>The answer is not more EVs or more bike lanes or whatever, but rather less of everything aka degrowth.<p>Stop Doing Things and encourage others to adopt this mindset as well.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Degrowth" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Degrowth</a>