Two Degrees Cooler

So, I came across this tweet from Dr. Robert Rhode the other day: Bitcoin is an absurd energy vampire whose primary use case is asset speculation barely one step removed from gambling. It has no business being part of the portfolio of anyone who cares about climate change or the environment. — Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) February 12, 2021 I was shook. Apparently, each transaction costs 640kWh of electricity, or the same amount needed to travel 3,500km in a Tesla. The thought that digital currency could be bad for the environment had never occurred to me, I had thought that the only money-related environmental problems would be the cotton paper, polymers, or metals used to make physical money. This prompted me to do some more digging into the environmental impact of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Bitcoin was the first decentralised cryptocurrency, created in 2009. To generate or ‘mine’ bitcoin, you have to guess a random number that solves an equation generated by the system. This is very dif...

Finally, the guilt of throwing away a packet of disposable make up remover pads every week got to me and I bought these Reusable Bamboo Cotton Makeup Remover Pads . But I'm worried -  is this greenwashing or is this actually a good move for Climate Change? Impact of Disposable Make up Products Experience of Reusable Pads Do Reusable Pads Actually have a Smaller Impact? Are Reusable Products The Future? Final Thoughts Impact of Disposable Make up Products There's a bunch of problems with disposable make up products, even if we only focus on disposable make up pads. For one, they aren't recyclable so they'll all end up in landfill. There's also the work that goes into making them: cotton uses a huge amount of resources which isn't good for the planet. Cotton also uses pesticides which can pollute water and soil.  I personally hate having to use something once and throw it away. When I see my bathroom bin build up after using them to apply my toner, I doubt if hav...