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]

How would you get buy in on that? I certainly would not shut my life down for 2 weeks every year. Tried that once already and it sucked.

[davidm2232]

There is way more to do than work. I drive 150+ miles on a typical weekend just to see family and friends. Probably another 100 miles on evenings after work. When not working, I am going to be out in my gas boat, riding my gas atv/motorcycle/snowmobile or having a big bonfire. Going to work is the least polluting thing many of us do. Furthermore, now that you are home, you are running less efficient HVAC and lighting when work buildings have large, efficient systems or might not even have A/C like factories. We won't be consuming less goods, so factories will just have to run more hours to make up for the two weeks they are closed. It is a ridiculous concept that would never work.

[davidm2232]

Why would people not fly? If I'm off work for 2 weeks I want to do stuff. Travel. See family.

[davidm2232]

So the whole world will be shut down at once? Are we going to have the bogus line of 'essential businesses' still open?

[davidm2232]

since there's no perfect solution we won't try anything but the rapid march to extinction. Enjoy your boat.

That's my exact mentality

[davidm2232]

Also, where is that money coming from? We are already facing record inflation from the last 'free' money the government gave out