I had the same thoughts, which led me to build Electricity Maps (https://app.electricitymaps.com) a few years back, mainly to understand the current state of how electricity grids cause CO2 emissions.
Luckily (and with a lot of hard work) it turned into a successful company.
I also worked on some other climate tech products which weren’t as fortunate. I’ve written about past experiences here:
https://oliviercorradi.com/blog/lessons-learned-climate-tech...
Hopefully this can help you a bit on your journey.
I had the same thoughts, which led me to build Electricity Maps (https://app.electricitymaps.com) a few years back, mainly to understand the current state of how electricity grids cause CO2 emissions. Luckily (and with a lot of hard work) it turned into a successful company. I also worked on some other climate tech products which weren’t as fortunate. I’ve written about past experiences here: https://oliviercorradi.com/blog/lessons-learned-climate-tech...
Hopefully this can help you a bit on your journey.
We’re also hiring (although jobs are based in Copenhagen). Furthermore, a lot of our work is open source (https://github.com/electricitymap/electricitymap-contrib) - feel free to take a peek!
In any case, do not hesitate to get in touch if you think I can help