Friday, April 03, 2020

Learn or die – take your pick

The optimist in me would like to believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is a learning tool being used by Mother Nature to bash in our heads that if a virus won't wipe all of us out, climate change will.

On the other hand, Mother Nature probably has had it with all of us already that She's using whetever means necessary – virus or climate change – to wipe all of us out.

The Pandemic Has Led to a Huge, Global Drop in Air Pollution

The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the European Space Agency shows.

One expert said the sudden shift represented the “largest-scale experiment ever,” in terms of the reduction of industrial emissions.

Full story: www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-has-led-to-a-huge-global-drop-in-air-pollution

Wednesday, April 01, 2020

And so it begins

Not sure if it's because of April Fools or if this government is actually composed of fools. Probably both.