Prof. Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com

Carbon intensity is not a great metric - physics cares about absolute emissions, not intensity - but even by this metric big tech is doing pretty badly.

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 07:42 UTC

It’s a great metric if what you are measuring is decarbonization progress within a company or industry—the metric important to policy. Of course climate and physics doesn’t really care about that like you rightly point out.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Yah it's remarkable that even by the most cheatiest metric in the toolbox for ESG reports, Google and Microsoft are flying at full speed in the wrong direction

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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @climesgroup.ca [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

Carbon intensity is useful for those who like "line go up/down" types, but the reality is that it needs to become ~negative~ before we are where we need to be.

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