Posts Tagged "Sustainability"

Understanding Energy Demand: From Growth to the Grid

· 14 min read
Energy is the capacity to do work, and our civilization is working overtime. In this deep dive, I bypass the viral headlines to look at the "secret heroes" of our society—the electrical grids—and the massive optimization challenge of switching to clean energy without breaking our way of life.

Brown is the new green: Lignin in plastic

· 5 min read
Lignin — the brown glue of trees — is finding new life as a carbon-negative bioplastic. A Swedish company, Lignin Industries AB, turns this paper-industry waste into Renol®, a recyclable plastic alternative that could make everything from speakers to shopping bags a bit more sustainable.

Can a New Plastic make Our Circuit Boards recyclable?

· 9 min read
Scientists call it vitrimer — it acts like a thermoset, recycles like a thermoplastic, and could end the FR-4 tyranny.

Podcast Notes: Gates Notes Ep7

· 4 min read
Notes from Bill Gates’ podcast Unconfuse Me with guest Hannah Ritchie from Our World in Data. Topics: air pollution, past environmental wins, AI in climate action, and why optimism still matters.

Podcast Note: Green Software and Carbon Costs

· 10 min read
Explore key insights from the Green Software Foundation podcast — from sustainability KPIs and carbon-cost tradeoffs to new standards like the Tech Carbon Standard. Featuring insights from Anne Currie, Asim Hussain, and Chris Adams.

Podcast Note: Greening Serverless

· 5 min read
Podcast notes on greener serverless: Bytecode Alliance, WebAssembly (Wasm), multitenancy, utilization, Sysdig 2023 stats, Fermyon’s Spin, and the Green Software Foundation’s Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) formula. Guests include Chris Adams and Kate Goldenring.