Well at the moment the UK could really benefit from tax revenue from a certain prosperous former colony so that sounds good to me. Not sure about the benefit for the colony.
Right. I lived across the street from a hotel in DC. People were always drunk and rowdy, or having proms.
The area was fantastic for nightlife and dining though... which I think is something AirBNBs sometimes lack. They bring all the downsides of a hotel to residents, but they're not in a light commercial zone so the residents don't have any of the upsides of hotel district either.
Maybe reread what I actually wrote? Saying there is too much of something that I use is not the same as demanding a ban on what I use. You have presented a straw man version of my point.
Edit: you just ignored this sentence completely "Hopefully some sensible planning laws can be brought in that don't kill Airbnb in the city but limit it some how."
Hrm, thought I made it clear that I don't want it killed off where I live, there's middle ground to be found somewhere with sensible regulation I hope.
You have to start somewhere! This is a major public corporation that is making a significant investment with the goal of being carbon negative (!) by 2030. Imagine if every large corporation (and then, every corporation) made similar investments to become carbon neutral or negative.
Everything big started small, and I for one am super pumped that Microsoft is doing this. It's genuine leadership on the most pressing issue that humanity faces.
The problem is that this is a physical process that’s extremely hard to scale. If I recall correctly CO2 recapture uses more energy than we got from releasing it. Now think about how much energy we burn as a species and how we’re not only supposed to offset that with fully green tech but then also expand that green tech to generate so much electricity that we can recapture carbon.
Fission is really the only solution but even that is enormously expensive.
A good first step would be to realize that we need to consume less, and that technology will not save us: we have to change society in order to consume a lot less. Doesn't mean there are no interesting engineering problems there!
Yeah, there’s no way adults don’t get involved if you promise $20k. This will just extend the existing test-taking/essay-writing industry from those who can afford to pay up front to those who will split the proceeds.
