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Re:Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy by zemvpferreira on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:48AM (#22592204)
Not to be a downer but the opposite could also be true. The less economic activity, the less particle emissions. While those particle emissions eventually contribute to global warming, they actually prevent a rise in temperatures in the short-term by blocking sunlight. Like you mentioned, the highs are higher and the lows are lower.

We could actually see an acceleration of some of global warmings' effects on the climate as temperature peaks increase.

Re:Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy by brain5ide on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:06AM (#22592307)
I hope you understand that your declaration sounds bonkers to any rational person? I understand of course that there is a possibility as the system is chaotic. But narrative wise this creates an impossible situation, where everything, even the movement in the supposedly right direction is bad? I would consider "What else do you want from me? ---- off" a normal and valid reaction to this.
Re:Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy by leftyted on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:16AM (#22592372)
Regardless of how it sounds to "any rational person," it's quite possibly true: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2612/can-poor-air-quality-mask...

In the short term, decreasing economic activity could raise temperatures. Your objection only makes sense in a bizarre universe where there are only all-good and all-bad choices. In our universe, good choices have bad effects and bad choices have good effects.

Re:Nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy by joshspankit on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:01AM (#22604028)
This theory speaks more to me of “because our effect on the environment is so excessive and unknown, we have no idea how the environment actually is naturally (in 2020)”