Re: [Manycouches] Daniel presentation @ 113 - "carbon emissions considerations"

["Joel M. Halpern" <[e-mail]>]

While it would be nice to think we can redesign our protocols to be more 
cooperative with the environment, it seems clear that we do not have a 
clue how to do so.  Putting that on the table even as a  future seems to 
be misleading.  One of the other SDOs I work with puts an "energy 
considerations" section in all their documents.  There are a few where 
that may make sense (when they deal with laser power levels, etc).  But 
in general it is a meaningless section serving to pretend to address an 
issue.

Yours,
Joel

On 4/12/2022 5:56 AM, Jay Daley wrote:
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> Finally, I have a strong suspicion that we are only talking about doing 
> our part by reducing flying because it’s so visible a contributor not 
> because it has the most potential.  Like Martin, it seems obvious to me 
> that the biggest potential is in the protocols themselves, but that of 
> course is hard to measure, hard to understand how design affects 
> emissions, and hard to get people to look at.  Having said that, I can 
> certainly see a point when RFCs have an "Carbon emissions 
> considerations" section or something broader.
> 
> Jay