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I think we can actually solve the climate crisis now.

The whole thesis in one essay: the trade between the hyperscalers’ runaway energy demand and the carbon the public has never been able to pay to pull back out of the sky, and why that market is starting to close on its own. If you read one thing to understand Engineered Optimism, read this.

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