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I was hoping for change when the world stopped during lockdowns last year. Like pulling your hand out of warm water after slowly acclimating to it previously th
by ianai 5y ago
I was hoping for change when the world stopped during lockdowns last year. Like pulling your hand out of warm water after slowly acclimating to it previously then re-entering your hand in the water - the smog/pollution coming back with reopening could result in people experiencing an en-masse revolt to pollution and the things causing it. Or maybe it's too soon to see this effect - since viable alternatives are just coming along?
- bdamm 5y agoElectric vehicles certainly went up in profile, and not by a little bit. The bicycle industry had significant growth as well. Related?
- dasudasu 5y agoChina should be the bellwether for this as they had early lockdowns that initially decreased emissions. They still managed to emit more cumulatively in 2020 than in 2019. They keep increasing their emissions while everyone is distracted. They won’t be the only one. In many places, mostly developing nations, there will be pressures to make up for the economic losses. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-carbon-emissions-grow-at-fastest-rate-for-more-than-a-decade https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-carbon-emissions...
- rodgerd 5y agoInstead we've got economists agitating for taxing at-home workers to punish them for undercutting the expected profits of the owners of CBD property empires.