Notes from the field

Make Sunsets Monthly: Learning

Make Sunsets Monthly: Learning

[We originally sent the following to our mailing list subscribers 5/31/24. Added to website 6/5/24.] Revenue: $7,037Burn: $26,690Cash: $930,998Runway: ~34 months We continue to learn things quickly. Of course, most...

Make Sunsets Monthly: Learning

[We originally sent the following to our mailing list subscribers 5/31/24. Added to website 6/5/24.] Revenue: $7,037Burn: $26,690Cash: $930,998Runway: ~34 months We continue to learn things quickly. Of course, most...

Cost Per Life

Cost Per Life

It feels crazy to think of "lives saved per  dollar spent"... but it's even crazier not to. This is (~) the root of many varieties of utilitarianism. Effective Altruism, The...

Cost Per Life

It feels crazy to think of "lives saved per  dollar spent"... but it's even crazier not to. This is (~) the root of many varieties of utilitarianism. Effective Altruism, The...

Not Innovating

Not Innovating

As a hardware startup founder who is also a maker, the world is overflowing with possibilities: so many products to make! A big part of my job is to ignore...

Not Innovating

As a hardware startup founder who is also a maker, the world is overflowing with possibilities: so many products to make! A big part of my job is to ignore...

Tongue Sunscreen

Tongue Sunscreen

Andrew has compared Cooling Credits to sunscreen, and it's an apt comparison. Both: reflect some light before it can damage valuable things  take little effort / cost  need to be...

Tongue Sunscreen

Andrew has compared Cooling Credits to sunscreen, and it's an apt comparison. Both: reflect some light before it can damage valuable things  take little effort / cost  need to be...

How We Scale

How We Scale

We need to deploy ~1.1 million tons of Cooling Credits every year to cool earth by 0.5C. This is not a small number:) Given that our current payloads are less...

How We Scale

We need to deploy ~1.1 million tons of Cooling Credits every year to cool earth by 0.5C. This is not a small number:) Given that our current payloads are less...

We Should Cool Earth

We Should Cool Earth

I'm having trouble understanding the opposition to cooling Earth. Perhaps you, gentle reader, can explain what I'm getting wrong? My basic assertions: 1. We should prevent harm.2. A warmer Earth creates...

We Should Cool Earth

I'm having trouble understanding the opposition to cooling Earth. Perhaps you, gentle reader, can explain what I'm getting wrong? My basic assertions: 1. We should prevent harm.2. A warmer Earth creates...