inari@piefed.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agoLufthansa group is cutting 20,000 flights due to Iran war triggered surge in fuel prices / fuel shortagespeakd.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down12
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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days agoThis is a suspiciously nice side effect. I’m very anti-war, but whenever a wide swath of the airline industry has had to shut down, like in 2008 and 2020, it has historically translated to dramatically lower air pollution numbers.
minus-squarebelastend@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 days agoEffects are only localized, since the war results in massive air pollution.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·15 days agoAnd water. There have been a number of oil spills from ship attacks.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoLess oil in the market means less of it is available to burn and convert into CO2. Not suspicious, serendipitous!
This is a suspiciously nice side effect.
I’m very anti-war, but whenever a wide swath of the airline industry has had to shut down, like in 2008 and 2020, it has historically translated to dramatically lower air pollution numbers.
Effects are only localized, since the war results in massive air pollution.
And water. There have been a number of oil spills from ship attacks.
Less oil in the market means less of it is available to burn and convert into CO2.
Not suspicious, serendipitous!