Articles by Christopher Mims
Christopher Mims's dystopian non-fiction is sought after by an ever-growing roster of publications.
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Our waste heat warms the atmosphere, too — and it’s getting worse
Waste heat could directly warm industrialized parts of the world by between 0.4 °C and 0.9 °C by 2100.
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The heat trapped by global warming equals 1 million Hiroshima bombs a day
"The radiative forcing of the CO2 we have already put in the atmosphere in the last century is … the equivalent in energy terms to almost half a billion Hiroshima bombs each year."
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Renewables nearly competitive with fossil fuels, even without subsidies
In 2010, investors and governments poured $187 billion into renewables and just $157 billion into natural gas, oil and coal.
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Renegade apps show how iPhones are awful for people, planet
Here are a bunch of (simulated) apps that, judging by Apple's recent treatment of similarly socially conscious fare, will never, ever make it onto an actual iPhone.
