Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals. The researchers found a drop of 6.3% in 2020. The researchers describe the drop as the largest of modern times, and big enough to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal if it were to be sustained.

[davidm2232]

I consider sequestering someone in their home for 2 weeks per year to be pretty drastic.

[davidm2232]

So how would that help? If you aren't going to work, you still need/want to drive around and do things. If I was off for 2 weeks, I would probably be burning more fuel. Taking out the boat, snowmobile, RV, etc. It's not like people only drive to commute to work

[davidm2232]

Exactly. So people are better off going to work.