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Admittedly this is low impact, but it is critical to maintain rational optimism in regard to the challenge of climate change. Doomsday-ism doesn't help anything. If you feel the same way, come be productive and join the conversations going on at https://collective.energy

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Would love to have your voice on the platform

Awesome news, storage is so crucial to decarbonization. Some really interesting emerging energy storage tech has been presented and discussed over at https://collective.energy if this kind of stuff interests you

Please post this on the site itself so others can hear your opinion

Thanks for the feedback, best of luck with your project. Feel free to come join us also if you're into saving the earth!

Hey nso, thanks! I'm the maker of collective.energy - as you identified, it was originally based on NodeBB but has been highly customized to the needs of our community. Over time, we're moving more and more to our own tools & stack. What specifically are you enjoying about it?

An interesting conversation around decarbonization in ports is going on at https://collective.energy/topic/29/green-hydrogen-from-sea-w...!

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Hi gaze, founder of Collective.Energy here. We would love to have your voice as part of our community if you're open to it!

Hey powerbroker, would love to have your opinions over at https://collective.energy

Very valid concern. Thanks for your feedback! I'd suggest that you post that on the community Meta section and we can determine a standard approach for dealing with climate deniers transparently out in the open. What do you think?

I'm hearing you loud and clear. That's a great idea to keep the conversation focused. If you're willing, we would love to have you put forward this idea on the platform itself!

linguaz these are fantastic questions. It would be super helpful if you could post them in the Meta category on the site so that they can be opened up to the community for discussion. I'd like to obtain community input on these types of decisions. You're thinking about this at an advanced level in any case which I appreciate.

Hey semi-extrinsic, cjbenedikt posted more about this on the platform. If you'd like, you can engage them there and drive the conversation forward!

You might be able to rally some support and feedback for this idea on Collective.Energy!

Conversely, I think that heavy censorship of opposing ideas shows a lack of confidence in one's own opinion. If we can't debate effectively the merits of climate action in a community designed for it, then we need to work on our messaging

Nuclear takes time but I don't think the solution is going to come through only one approach. It seems like we'll need a mix of technologies to actually solve this problem. Nuclear provides clean base load in many places currently (e.g. more than 60% of the base power in Ontario)

Love reading this kind of news. As an aside, this is the exact type of content that is super welcome on the platform we launched in a Show HN on the front page today (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21472817). The url is https://collective.energy if you're interested in growing your impact further!

Love the sound of this. If you'd like to build your audience, we would be happy to follow your journey at Collective.Energy

It's understandable that you'd need some oversight to acquire the materials. I wonder if it would be feasible to band together as a unified front to encourage an organization who is able to make this happen push towards reality

Hey mikepurvis, some of us on the Collective.Energy community are Toronto based. We would love to learn more about the idea if you're comfortable sharing there!

You've eloquently stated my position in better words than I had used. Thank you, please feel free to chip in these thoughts on the platform

Great suggestions. I think the community we're discussing would really value your input if you'd be okay with sharing these same thoughts on https://collective.energy!

These are fantastic discussions. Would love to have both of you posting and discussing on the platform if you're willing. You can extend your positive impact even further!

Thank you! In fact, there's a thread going on Collective.Energy to detail local meetups for everyone's reference. You can find it at https://collective.energy/topic/23/add-your-local-meetup-gro...

Thanks for your feedback. I wanted to evoke the idea of harnessing the energy that we collectively have towards solving the climate crisis.

Also it seems like you have great knowledge about electrical infrastructure. Maybe you could contribute that knowledge on the platform. We've discussed ideas like local micro-grids and many would love to learn more about why you think they are a bad idea. We'd be happy to have you bolstering our ranks!

Amazing idea! Please post about this on Collective.Energy, I think you could inspire similar projects all over

We have baked-in anti spam moderation to the community. In regards to climate deniers coming on and brigading the community, I felt that it would be better to let moderators & the community treat those on a case by case basis with counter arguments and voting as necessary

What do you think? I'm open to suggestion but I feel like suppressing free speech goes against the ideals of the community

You can take part in ongoing discussions with no judgement or qualification required. If you can help even one person, it will be worth it!