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"Greta Thunberg couldn’t do it. Bill McKibben and 350.org couldn’t do
it, and neither could the Paris climate accord. But Covid-19 is cutting
human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as
travel and other economic activity in much of the world slow or halt
altogether.
While the contraction in CO2 emissions set off by the virus may not be
as pronounced as the related though distinct fall in “conventional”
pollutants like soot and smog, it is far more consequential. Soot and
smog poison and kill only in the present, while greenhouse gases stick
around to maim the climate for the next century. Burning a fossil fuel
today is tantamount to signing a death warrant for future generations.
Conversely, forgoing an action that would have caused a fossil fuel to
be burned creates a permanent benefit."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
