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Well, if the world moves to a global recession for some period, then one would expect reusing and recycling to increase, and useless crap production and recreat
by Swenrekcah 7y ago
Well, if the world moves to a global recession for some period, then one would expect reusing and recycling to increase, and useless crap production and recreational travel to decrease. That could reduce emissions for a period of time.
It's not something to be gleeful about, but could be a silver lining in case of a recession.
- esarbe 7y agoThat's something to hope for. But it will not come automatically, we have to push for political change to make this happening.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoThe 2008 crisis saw no significant decline in human CO2 emissions. A global recession would alter some aspects of consumer spending, but all in all I would expect CO2 output to remain problematic.