The Impact of the Tech Industry on the Environment

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I'm curious what the environmental impact of the tech industry isit sometimes feels like that. We'll first wall bit coin powered, as it is to day, largely by fossil fuels. Emits as much carbon as several nations combine. So we've got to power our crypto currencies with clean and able energy. But i don't think as bit coin is the tech industry. Honestly, i believe every business is a tech business in it relies now on technology. And so having transparency in what the actual omissions are created by each product that we buy will have this cascading impact.

“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capitalist and author of the new book Speed and Scale, joins host Bob Safian to discuss our decarbonization efforts, what he calls “the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.” The book quantifies the specific societal needs, in six discrete areas, to achieve a carbon-neutral world. John isn’t arguing that we all need to be vegan ascetics, but rather, the need for collective action – and the critical role that business plays in advancing that movement.

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