Trying to talk about sustainability can seem hard when companies are restarting nuclear power plants to power Speculative AI Training Models. Does anyone really care about sustainability when such things are happening? Yes, a bunch do, and care a whole lot.
However, the day to day process of optimizing images on the web for sustainability feels like a drop in the ocean sometimes, especially if you do it by hand just to learn, as the image below is optimized for JPEG XL but falls back to JPG if it is not supported:
Rare things happen. The nuclear power experiment is not a sustainable future or a norm. It doesn't have to be the future. I am embracing Web Sustainability where I can!
Solarpunk provides a rich tradition of optimism despite the world sometimes, I plan to absorb some of its sunshine