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Craig Allan
Staff Writer
here have been few bright spots in
this pandemic. People have been
housebound and society feels like it is at a
standstill. However, that standstill has led
toa cleaner world in some ways. Cities like
Venice, New Delhi, and Los Angeles have
all seen cleaner air from the reduction of
cars due to the pandemic. Whether this is
solely due to the lockdowns is debated, but
the cleaner air will bring up the benefits of
reduced car and plane travel—directing the
discussion to environmentalism. Will this
time of unexpected conservation lead to
movements to reduce plane and car travel
to combat climate change? Maybe, but it
shouldnt.
When it comes to fighting climate
change, many feel that there is no way
we can reduce the amount of air and car
travel we take. Whether it is due to how
interconnected those networks are, or how
it stomps on freedom and liberty, there will
likely always be a reason for why we can’t
eliminate plane travel or force everyone
onto public transit. Though, the pandemic
has shown us that we can eliminate planes
and car travel, and society can still go on.
It’s not perfect, but it is manageable. For
people looking to keep the status quo,
it’s easy to say that reducing plane and
car travel is not possible because it would
disrupt the system too much. But we have
done it now—and as it can be seen, the “sky
is falling” doomsday notices are coming
from areas other than the lack of car and
air travel.
We have been learning to adapt to this
change by working from home instead of
traveling to an office and not flying ona
plane for meetings and using online video
chat instead. So now that we have done
this, it will be easy to implement those
ideas into an overall reduction in car and
air travel going forward, right? Possibly,
but when the actual results are tabulated, it
shows that car and plane travel won't make
much of a dent in the climate crisis.
Because while reducing the carbon
emissions through cars and planes brought
immediate relief to the air quality of a city,
in the long run it won't make much of a
difference. According to a Rolling Stone
article, with all of our carbon pinching,
we have only managed to reduce the
amount of carbon going into the air by a
grand total of 5.5 percent. That's it—5.5
percent. The article also states that even if
all of transportation was carbon neutral it
would still only reduce the carbon in the
atmosphere by 20 percent.
Yes, I believe humans are causing
climate change—but the majority of
it is not coming from individuals, but
lence A)
instead from private institutions. All
the power going into our homes and our
electronic devices come from somewhere,
and that somewhere is usually not very
environmentally friendly.
Some feel that in order to stop
climate change we have to stop looking at
it from our own individual point of view.
There is an idea that if we all just don’t
travel on planes or drive cars that we will
stop climate change—but that is simply
not true, and I believe that idea is more
harmful than anything. If we want to stop
climate change, we have to change our big
industries like utilities and construction
along with reductions in transportation
carbon emissions. The best way to do that
is to lobby the government for changes to
our energy structure, big companies, and
industry systems that expels carbon ona
higher level than any individual ever will.
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) It’s wrong to hold the individual responsible for climate change
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
here have been few bright spots in
this pandemic. People have been
housebound and society feels like it is at a
standstill. However, that standstill has led
toa cleaner world in some ways. Cities like
Venice, New Delhi, and Los Angeles have
all seen cleaner air from the reduction of
cars due to the pandemic. Whether this is
solely due to the lockdowns is debated, but
the cleaner air will bring up the benefits of
reduced car and plane travel—directing the
discussion to environmentalism. Will this
time of unexpected conservation lead to
movements to reduce plane and car travel
to combat climate change? Maybe, but it
shouldnt.
When it comes to fighting climate
change, many feel that there is no way
we can reduce the amount of air and car
travel we take. Whether it is due to how
interconnected those networks are, or how
it stomps on freedom and liberty, there will
likely always be a reason for why we can’t
eliminate plane travel or force everyone
onto public transit. Though, the pandemic
has shown us that we can eliminate planes
and car travel, and society can still go on.
It’s not perfect, but it is manageable. For
people looking to keep the status quo,
it’s easy to say that reducing plane and
car travel is not possible because it would
disrupt the system too much. But we have
done it now—and as it can be seen, the “sky
is falling” doomsday notices are coming
from areas other than the lack of car and
air travel.
We have been learning to adapt to this
change by working from home instead of
traveling to an office and not flying ona
plane for meetings and using online video
chat instead. So now that we have done
this, it will be easy to implement those
ideas into an overall reduction in car and
air travel going forward, right? Possibly,
but when the actual results are tabulated, it
shows that car and plane travel won't make
much of a dent in the climate crisis.
Because while reducing the carbon
emissions through cars and planes brought
immediate relief to the air quality of a city,
in the long run it won't make much of a
difference. According to a Rolling Stone
article, with all of our carbon pinching,
we have only managed to reduce the
amount of carbon going into the air by a
grand total of 5.5 percent. That's it—5.5
percent. The article also states that even if
all of transportation was carbon neutral it
would still only reduce the carbon in the
atmosphere by 20 percent.
Yes, I believe humans are causing
climate change—but the majority of
it is not coming from individuals, but
lence A)
instead from private institutions. All
the power going into our homes and our
electronic devices come from somewhere,
and that somewhere is usually not very
environmentally friendly.
Some feel that in order to stop
climate change we have to stop looking at
it from our own individual point of view.
There is an idea that if we all just don’t
travel on planes or drive cars that we will
stop climate change—but that is simply
not true, and I believe that idea is more
harmful than anything. If we want to stop
climate change, we have to change our big
industries like utilities and construction
along with reductions in transportation
carbon emissions. The best way to do that
is to lobby the government for changes to
our energy structure, big companies, and
industry systems that expels carbon ona
higher level than any individual ever will.
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e An honest look at green energy
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Is the current pandemic a testing ground for
future environmental reduction efforts?
) It’s wrong to hold the individual responsible for climate change
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
here have been few bright spots in
this pandemic. People have been
housebound and society feels like it is at a
standstill. However, that standstill has led
toa cleaner world in some ways. Cities like
Venice, New Delhi, and Los Angeles have
all seen cleaner air from the reduction of
cars due to the pandemic. Whether this is
solely due to the lockdowns is debated, but
the cleaner air will bring up the benefits of
reduced car and plane travel—directing the
discussion to environmentalism. Will this
time of unexpected conservation lead to
movements to reduce plane and car travel
to combat climate change? Maybe, but it
shouldnt.
When it comes to fighting climate
change, many feel that there is no way
we can reduce the amount of air and car
travel we take. Whether it is due to how
interconnected those networks are, or how
it stomps on freedom and liberty, there will
likely always be a reason for why we can’t
eliminate plane travel or force everyone
onto public transit. Though, the pandemic
has shown us that we can eliminate planes
and car travel, and society can still go on.
It’s not perfect, but it is manageable. For
people looking to keep the status quo,
it’s easy to say that reducing plane and
car travel is not possible because it would
disrupt the system too much. But we have
done it now—and as it can be seen, the “sky
is falling” doomsday notices are coming
from areas other than the lack of car and
air travel.
We have been learning to adapt to this
change by working from home instead of
traveling to an office and not flying ona
plane for meetings and using online video
chat instead. So now that we have done
this, it will be easy to implement those
ideas into an overall reduction in car and
air travel going forward, right? Possibly,
but when the actual results are tabulated, it
shows that car and plane travel won't make
much of a dent in the climate crisis.
Because while reducing the carbon
emissions through cars and planes brought
immediate relief to the air quality of a city,
in the long run it won't make much of a
difference. According to a Rolling Stone
article, with all of our carbon pinching,
we have only managed to reduce the
amount of carbon going into the air by a
grand total of 5.5 percent. That's it—5.5
percent. The article also states that even if
all of transportation was carbon neutral it
would still only reduce the carbon in the
atmosphere by 20 percent.
Yes, I believe humans are causing
climate change—but the majority of
it is not coming from individuals, but
lence A)
instead from private institutions. All
the power going into our homes and our
electronic devices come from somewhere,
and that somewhere is usually not very
environmentally friendly.
Some feel that in order to stop
climate change we have to stop looking at
it from our own individual point of view.
There is an idea that if we all just don’t
travel on planes or drive cars that we will
stop climate change—but that is simply
not true, and I believe that idea is more
harmful than anything. If we want to stop
climate change, we have to change our big
industries like utilities and construction
along with reductions in transportation
carbon emissions. The best way to do that
is to lobby the government for changes to
our energy structure, big companies, and
industry systems that expels carbon ona
higher level than any individual ever will.
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e An honest look at green energy
e Restaurants after COVID-19
..and more
Is the current pandemic a testing ground for
future environmental reduction efforts?
) It’s wrong to hold the individual responsible for climate change
Craig Allan
Staff Writer
here have been few bright spots in
this pandemic. People have been
housebound and society feels like it is at a
standstill. However, that standstill has led
toa cleaner world in some ways. Cities like
Venice, New Delhi, and Los Angeles have
all seen cleaner air from the reduction of
cars due to the pandemic. Whether this is
solely due to the lockdowns is debated, but
the cleaner air will bring up the benefits of
reduced car and plane travel—directing the
discussion to environmentalism. Will this
time of unexpected conservation lead to
movements to reduce plane and car travel
to combat climate change? Maybe, but it
shouldnt.
When it comes to fighting climate
change, many feel that there is no way
we can reduce the amount of air and car
travel we take. Whether it is due to how
interconnected those networks are, or how
it stomps on freedom and liberty, there will
likely always be a reason for why we can’t
eliminate plane travel or force everyone
onto public transit. Though, the pandemic
has shown us that we can eliminate planes
and car travel, and society can still go on.
It’s not perfect, but it is manageable. For
people looking to keep the status quo,
it’s easy to say that reducing plane and
car travel is not possible because it would
disrupt the system too much. But we have
done it now—and as it can be seen, the “sky
is falling” doomsday notices are coming
from areas other than the lack of car and
air travel.
We have been learning to adapt to this
change by working from home instead of
traveling to an office and not flying ona
plane for meetings and using online video
chat instead. So now that we have done
this, it will be easy to implement those
ideas into an overall reduction in car and
air travel going forward, right? Possibly,
but when the actual results are tabulated, it
shows that car and plane travel won't make
much of a dent in the climate crisis.
Because while reducing the carbon
emissions through cars and planes brought
immediate relief to the air quality of a city,
in the long run it won't make much of a
difference. According to a Rolling Stone
article, with all of our carbon pinching,
we have only managed to reduce the
amount of carbon going into the air by a
grand total of 5.5 percent. That's it—5.5
percent. The article also states that even if
all of transportation was carbon neutral it
would still only reduce the carbon in the
atmosphere by 20 percent.
Yes, I believe humans are causing
climate change—but the majority of
it is not coming from individuals, but
lence A)
instead from private institutions. All
the power going into our homes and our
electronic devices come from somewhere,
and that somewhere is usually not very
environmentally friendly.
Some feel that in order to stop
climate change we have to stop looking at
it from our own individual point of view.
There is an idea that if we all just don’t
travel on planes or drive cars that we will
stop climate change—but that is simply
not true, and I believe that idea is more
harmful than anything. If we want to stop
climate change, we have to change our big
industries like utilities and construction
along with reductions in transportation
carbon emissions. The best way to do that
is to lobby the government for changes to
our energy structure, big companies, and
industry systems that expels carbon ona
higher level than any individual ever will.
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