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Ask HN: Did working from home bring less CO2 emission?

Also fewer people are travelling by plane, do we know how to quantify the change in greenhouse gas emission? What should be the effect, if there is a reduction?

elevanation 5y ago
For 2020, yes, but not by much. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00090-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00090-3 There are also other factors involved: https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/2021/05/03/why-covid-didnt-have-a-bigger-effect-on-co2-emissions/ https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/2021/05/03/why-covid-didnt-hav...
sh4un 5y ago
There would be less climate change if it wasn't so profitable.
softwaredoug 5y ago
WFH probably, but it's probably countered by parents needing to drive their kids to school during the pandemic