Unintended byproduct

[HONDO74]

Coronavirus: Lockdowns continue to suppress European pollution
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52065140

New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe - a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51944780

Researchers in New York told the BBC their early results showed carbon monoxide mainly from cars had been reduced by nearly 50% compared with last year.

Emissions of the planet-heating gas CO2 have also fallen sharply.

But there are warnings levels could rise rapidly after the pandemic.

[Roy]

I didn't read your articles, but I saw before and after satellite photos of China on the news, showing the same thing.

[HONDO74]

I didn't read your articles, but I saw before and after satellite photos of China on the news, showing the same thing.

It will be interesting to see if this has any effect on climate change...

[HONDO74]

In the coronavirus pandemic, carbon emissions have fallen, but climate change remains an existential threat

https://news.yahoo.com/in-the-coronavir ... 02670.html

“There is this narrative that to make 1.5 degrees, we have to reduce emissions by 7 percent a year,” Jackson said. “That’s basically impossible without a complete global shutdown, which is what we’re seeing now. So it will be interesting to see if we can even make 7 percent this year and I’m skeptical that we will. Emissions will clearly be down this year, there’s no doubt about that, but they won’t be down for the right reason.”

So it would take a global shutdown ti keep the climate from changing

[Roy]

I'm glad that pollution is down. This is certainly good for those with pulmonary conditions. The unintended byproduct which concerns me is the increase in our national debt.