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Ketan Joshi
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Ketan Joshi's personal blog at ketanjoshi.co covers science, economics and politics. Since 2017, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Ketan Joshi's posts on climate, energy and tech, including AI, social media and Twitter's changes. They are cited as sources and counterpoints, such as a look at the numbers behind Texas renewables.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Email: ketan.joshi85@gmail.com Hello! I'm a freelance analyst / writer, based in Oslo, Norway. I work with a range of climate and energy groups to advocate for, analyse and report on major issues in this space. I'm focused on Europe, the US and Australia, and I'm currently writing a lot about fossil
Most-linked posts?
- Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2026-07-02
- Texas builds clean power – but it isn't a climate champion2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-13
- Bitcoin is a mouth hungry for fossil fuels2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-14
What Hacker News says?
Yes, the social chaos from the post-factual society is already here. And the frantic job cutting. And also the end of the open internet, replaced by slop addiction walled gardens. And of course accelerating climate change with full throttle fossil fuel use to power it all. https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to...
Comment linking /2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/
on “LeCun has "zero concerns" about AI wiping out humanity, recent "rogue" incidents”Submitted Texas builds clean power – but it isn't a climate champion as a story · 13 points
HN discussion> that people they don't like at the old place are allowed to have opinions again. Sorry, but I think that deliberately obfuscates the changes Musk has made at Twitter. See https://ketanjoshi.co/2024/04/19/you-are-the-fuel-that-energ... for one summary.
Comment linking /2024/04/19/you-are-the-fuel-that-energises-elon-musks-hate-machine/
on “Bluesky adds direct messages”Submitted Musk is remaking Twitter into a climate denier sanctuary as a story · 6 points
HN discussionAs a counterpoint, I recommend this article: https://ketanjoshi.co/2024/08/12/texas-builds-clean-power-bu... It looks into the numbers for the Texas renewable buildout, and there's a very important caveat: the amount of renewables you build is not the relevant metric. Emission reduction is. And Texas does not succeed there.
Comment linking /2024/08/12/texas-builds-clean-power-but-it-isnt-a-climate-champion/
on “Deregulated energy markets accelerate solar adoption”Submitted Musk's fossil data centres are undoing Tesla's climate benefit as a story · 5 points
HN discussion> they have the potential to make our life better If you're a vegan as your nick suggests, i would suggest to reconsider this point. Capitalism was already bent on sending us towards a 6th mass species extinction (starting right under our noses), but so-called AI has changed the scale and speed of the curb drastically in only a few years. See for example this article for recent Google stats: https://ketanjoshi.co/20…
Comment linking /2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/
on “I Regret Migrating to Codeberg”Submitted Bitcoin is a mouth hungry for fossil fuels as a story · 3 points
HN discussionCounter - https://ketanjoshi.co/2017/05/20/the-engine-of-irrationality...
Comment linking /2017/05/20/the-engine-of-irrationality-inside-the-rationalists/
on “The Conceptual as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies”Submitted Nvidia's AI Climate hoax – report as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Big tech's selective disclosure masks AI's real climate impact as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google's exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Anthropic's ultra-dirty deal shouldn't surprise you at all as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bitcoin is a mouth hungry for fossil fuels as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Planet of the humans: A reheated mess of lazy, old myths as a story · 1 points
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