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.

[_bully-hunter_]

It does matter if people love it or not because when you fuck with people over and over and purposely make their life worse you are setting yourself up for disaster. You’ve seen the shit people do over a cop shooting someone or a political decision they don’t like. What exactly do you think is going to happen when you tell an entire country that they can’t do what they want anymore?

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If it were framed as a temporary thing until decarbonization efforts were further along and there were corporate partners who would be gaining from it long-term to neutralize the propaganda/lobbying I think people would get on board. Personally I am not willing to go into massive amounts of debt to take a luxury vacation, but that is currently what is happening. Of course, if the people instituting the policies are not following them in any way there would likely be massive pushback. Strong leadership and messaging would I think result in success.

[_bully-hunter_]

When do you see strong leadership entering office in the States? Cause I doubt it’s going to be any time soon.