Are the state-led pandemic shutdowns a trial run for the Green New Deal? Consider it a warning.
http://dailytorch.com/2020/07/are-the-state-led-pandemic-shutdowns-a-trial-run-for-the-green-new-deal-consider-it-a-warning/
At the height of the state-led COVID-19 pandemic economic shutdowns in April, 25.3 million Americans had lost their jobs as businesses shuttered up and families stayed behind closed doors, waiting for the worst of the virus to pass. While working from home or being furloughed, millions of Americans stayed off the roads, driving much less and monthly fuel consumption down 47.1 percent in April, according to the Energy Information Agency. As a result oil consumption fell off a cliff, the price of oil briefly went below zero. Monthly consumption including of electricity by commercial and industrial sectors during the pandemic was way down, 12 percent and 10.4 percent in April, respectively, according to the Energy Information Agency. Airlines were largely grounded as travel from Europe and China was restricted nationally by President Donald Trump, with fuel consumption down 45 percent year to date according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. And, sure enough, daily global carbon emissions for 2020 had dropped a dramatic 17 percent by early April compared to 2019, with an overall drop of 4 to 7 percent expected for the year. That’s pretty close to the United Nations’ annual global emission reductions target of 7.6 percent. So, is this a trial run for the Green New Deal?
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