The overall transport sector makes up about 19 per cent of Australia's total emissions, or more than 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent a year,Australia's emissions have been flat in recent quarters. Reductions in pollution from the electricity sector resulting from renewables pushing out gas and coal have been countered by soaring emissions from the booming gas export industry.
China slammed the brakes on economic activity in February and this month in a bid to halt the contagion.have estimated China's industrial output dived 40 per cent or more, with the slowdown lopping carbon emissions by 200 million tonnes of CO-e so far. A gauge of another greenhouse gas, nitrogen dioxide , showed some modest recovery in output by early March.
“The question remains whether COVID-19 will drive a permanent change in global flying habits," Mr Merzian said. "However, previous epidemics like Avian flu, MERS and SARS saw the volume of air travel recover within a few short months." Dylan McConnell, an energy analyst at Melbourne University's Climate & Energy College, said there was no sign yet of any noticeable shift in electricity demand that may point to reduced emissions from Australia's largest single source of carbon pollution.
p_hannam Yea yah
p_hannam If we can manage the several months that these bans will be in place, we can last a lifetime reducing these things.
p_hannam Go away Peter Hannam. The SMH is already at maximum scare mongering capacity with the virus. There's no room for your global warming.
p_hannam Airtraffic after the end of SARS in July 2003 resumed because oil production went up after the end of the Iraq war. But the problem came 2 years later when peak oil hit.
p_hannam Divine intervention coronavirus
p_hannam It clearly shows what is causing the Global Warming problem. How can anyone claim that we can keep going with our current (prior to COVID-19) economy and that there is nothing we can do to stop it? We just stopped it.
p_hannam Now SMH you get a feel for what a zero emissions world looks like.
GreatGasScam p_hannam I’m happy to take the cut. Yet: it is a horridly inefficient way of achieving it. Let’s try to do the same reduction more efficiently. With lower human and economic cost. If only we had more support. Isn’t that right, Angus? (Oops: that last part will never work.)
p_hannam This is a new twist on 'every cloud has a silver lining' 😳
p_hannam Something/someone had to do it. Job done. ScottyFromMarketting will claim the credit.
p_hannam
p_hannam At least some good has come out of this disaster. Morrison will probably brag about it when he has to report on climate change strategies.
p_hannam Is Greta still squawking? Or are we good now?
p_hannam In a canter
p_hannam Just may help to offset emissions from new coal plants in China, Indonedia & others.
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