Re: A request for help - an idea called carbon.txt

Thanks for posting this Chris.

It’s a fascinating approach.  There’s definitely value in it.

My concern is why should anyone bother?  The humans.txt is interesting.  Guess that was something that jumped up 4 years ago or so, but where is it now:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/2u4p41/companies_with_humanstxt/

Many of the links no longer work. Technology changed and the .txt files were dropped.  Other than the robots.txt that we all know to look for.

There has to be some motivation.  I’d love to see businesses have to submit their CO2 #’s along with their their finances when they submit their taxes. Just do it all at once.  

But most folks aren’t aware or concerned about the impact of their ICT on the CO2.  It’s usually way lower than so many other aspects of a business.  Not sure how to change that.  

There has to be some advantage in having a carbon.txt file. Can’t just be because it is cool. 

Mike


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