Last week I visited a half-dozen hardware companies throughout the western US, with a heavy climatetech bent. It solidified previous impressions I had into reality. While all very different, a 🧵 of some patterns across them, covering policy, geopolitics, and teams: 1/ First, this is well known, but the trip really drove home that our climate future is a revolution in atoms, not bits. And not just some atoms, lots and lots of atoms, which means huge factories and production sites. Exciting to see them start getting built!

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We all want to help address the climate crisis. But it’s such a complex issue that it can be hard to distinguish between data-backed improvements and feel-good distractions. So here's your data-backed guide: erikareinhardt.com/personal-clima… There's no way that climate will be solved without gov support. Your most important action is to make climate a priority by voting for and supporting pro-climate candidates, joining a climate action or political group, and supporting mitigation policy and adaptation nonprofits.