• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    This is a suspiciously nice side effect.

    I’m very anti-war, but whenever a wide swath of the airline industry has had to shut down, like in 2008 and 2020, it has historically translated to dramatically lower air pollution numbers.

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      28 days ago

      Less oil in the market means less of it is available to burn and convert into CO2.

      Not suspicious, serendipitous!

    • DirtSona@feddit.org
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      27 days ago

      Was ist just temporary, or long term? Because last I heard air travel is on an all time maximum no?

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        27 days ago

        Drops in pollution are always temporary. The Epstein Class is insulated from the effects of their industrializing.

        Side effect of having, basically, a wholly capitalist planet.

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          27 days ago

          Cool, a few weeks less pollution, more in the long run. I don’t really see why that is a good thing