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Biggest carbon dioxide drop: Real-time data show COVID-19's massive impact on global emissions
Science Daily ^ | October 14, 2020 | Source: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Posted on 10/18/2020 7:07:54 AM PDT by Salman

While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions -- larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of the 1979, or even World War II. An international team of researchers has found that in the first six months of this year, 8.8 percent less carbon dioxide was emitted than in the same period in 2019 -- a total decrease of 1551 million tonnes. The groundbreaking study not only offers a much more precise look at COVID-19's impact on global energy consumption than previous analyses. It also suggests what fundamental steps could be taken to stabilize the global climate in the aftermath of the pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal
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What a great way to whip climate change. Got your Green New Deal right here.
1 posted on 10/18/2020 7:07:54 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Plants everywhere are NOT happy about this.


2 posted on 10/18/2020 7:10:50 AM PDT by curious7
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So if we kill off 200,000 people in the USA alone, we can solve the climate problem?


3 posted on 10/18/2020 7:11:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Okay...take a deep breath....now exhale....but only in your home....and wear a mask....till you’re choking on your own co2.


4 posted on 10/18/2020 7:15:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Salman

What a bunch of BS! What about massive CA and Brazil fires???
Did they use masks too???
Those scientwists should be locked up for falsifying data.


5 posted on 10/18/2020 7:15:56 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: Salman

We could drop the carbon dioxide levels even further if we could stop the Rats from breathing.


6 posted on 10/18/2020 7:17:19 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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So, is 2020 the hottest year ever or not?


7 posted on 10/18/2020 7:18:22 AM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: Salman
Did it have any measurable effect on the world's temperature?

8 posted on 10/18/2020 7:19:43 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Salman

We have an electronic billboard outside the town I live in. About 2 months age they were rotating an ad with wording to the effect of “Will CO2 emissions stay down after Covid-19 is over?”. Someone wants us to never come out of lockdown.


9 posted on 10/18/2020 7:20:23 AM PDT by beef (Use a VPN, use Tor, and get a shortwave radio. Oh, and ACAB- All Commies Are Bastards)
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“So if we kill off 200,000 people in the USA alone, we can solve the climate problem?”

You will have to add about 3 zeros to that to make them happy.


10 posted on 10/18/2020 7:22:36 AM PDT by beef (Use a VPN, use Tor, and get a shortwave radio. Oh, and ACAB- All Commies Are Bastards)
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To: Sacajaweau

I wasn’t aware that 200,000 people could exhale that much carbon dioxide.


11 posted on 10/18/2020 7:24:02 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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CO2 = FOOD (for plants and trees) More FOOD for US!


12 posted on 10/18/2020 7:27:15 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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If we didn’t have CO2 and plants, we wouldn’t have free O2


13 posted on 10/18/2020 7:29:16 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Salman

CO2 has nothing to do with temperature.


14 posted on 10/18/2020 7:29:48 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Salman

Oh my Lordy, wes gonna freezzzze dis winter.


15 posted on 10/18/2020 7:31:04 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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If you look at the Journal References for that article, 99% of the names appear to be Chinese. 🤔
16 posted on 10/18/2020 7:32:41 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Liberals were citing “the planet is healing” early on to justify the lockdowns and continuing such limits on activity forever.

Can democracy survive climate change?
To face the invisible enemy, experts say there might be a need for “sweeping powers.”
https://www.inverse.com/article/60870-how-will-climate-change-shape-politics


17 posted on 10/18/2020 7:35:08 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Leo Carpathian

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Joachim_Schellnhuber


18 posted on 10/18/2020 7:37:08 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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And ALL of the previous data show that CO2 is a lagging indicator. That means CO2 was declining BEFORE CoVid began


19 posted on 10/18/2020 7:44:25 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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So, that means we’re all locked up and out of work now for...forever!

But we’ll have clean air to breathe - through our masks!

LIBERATE WISCONSIN! LIBERATE AMERICA!


20 posted on 10/18/2020 7:45:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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