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  • 70% of All Emissions — The Pervasive Infrastructure Responsible for Most Emissions that Remains Largely Unaddressed
    Opinion

    70% of All Emissions — The Pervasive Infrastructure Responsible for Most Emissions that Remains Largely Unaddressed

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    richardmuscat

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    2025-05-01

    A big part of any startup pitch is some kind of guess as to how big the potential target market is. This is often referred to as the Total Addressable…

  • Matt Mullenweg’s $50B Problem — An inside view of Automattic’s chaotic conflicts of interest.
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    Matt Mullenweg’s $50B Problem — An inside view of Automattic’s chaotic conflicts of interest.

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    richardmuscat

    on

    2025-04-23

    What’s happening with Automattic and Wordpress at the moment is a perfect illustration of why capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with positive social or environmental impact. More money does not equal…

  • Why Corporate Supply Chains Can Never be Greened.
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    Why Corporate Supply Chains Can Never be Greened.

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    richardmuscat

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    2025-04-09

    The idea that corporate supply chains can be made sustainable is a core part of political and corporate net zero strategies. For the most part, this is a greenwash. The…

  • The Opportunity Cost of Climate Tech
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    The Opportunity Cost of Climate Tech

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    richardmuscat

    on

    2024-09-08

    Opportunity cost refers to the loss of potential received value by choosing to not do something or by choosing a different route. One opportunity cost of sleeping late, for example,…

  • The Only Two Climate Investment Criteria that Matter
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    The Only Two Climate Investment Criteria that Matter

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    richardmuscat

    on

    2024-09-04

    Whether you’re investing your time or your money (or someone else’s money) in impact work designed to address, mitigate, or reverse climate change there are really only two criteria that…

  • Climate Tech’s New Monsantos: Upgrading Nature and Downgrading Humans
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    Climate Tech’s New Monsantos: Upgrading Nature and Downgrading Humans

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    richardmuscat

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    2024-07-18

    A growing sector of climate tech and green investments is concerned with what can best be described as “upgrading nature”. Things like ‘better’ insects, ‘improved’ trees, ‘enhanced’ wood, ‘supercharged’ vegetables,…

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