The Telegraph — The industry more damaging to the environment than airlines
by Asim Hussain · 30 May 2023
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press · United Kingdom The Telegraph The industry more damaging to the environment than airlines
If I was plugging in my laptop and it was powered by diesel and I could see the emissions coming out of the side, I would think differently about it. But everything feels clean just because we don't see the emissions in front of us.
— Asim Hussain
In tech the pathways to decarbonisation are more well understood and the levers are easier to push.
— Asim Hussain
The Telegraph quoted me in a piece on how computing now emits a larger share of carbon than the airline industry — while staying almost entirely invisible to the people using it. My argument: tech is actually low-hanging fruit for decarbonisation, because we understand the levers; we just can’t see the emissions.