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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

That was probably fairly accurate at that time.

Look at the historical data here:

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

BTW, the large recent drop in co2 emissions, covid.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 14 points 2 months ago

"large"... If only. Barely a drop in the bucket.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I never thought I'd say this, but looks like we need more pandemics!

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is actually a thought that some climate deniers have. "Climate change is a hoax to control you, covid was the trial run".

Unsurprisingly, the people who say that publicly tend to be funded by oil.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Why doesn’t anyone ever think COVID was sent by God to give us a reprieve and a chance to get our act together, which we’re now squandering?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Good news! We're continuing to shit on our biodiversity safety net.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like legally requiring hybrid work benefits would get us significantly closer to those goals

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Whenever I think about this article, I think about how they could not have possibly known how emissions would grow, and they were perfectly reasonable to frame it this way. And if things stayed at that rate, we would have been able to do something about it so easily when we started getting worried