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by spaceheater 875 days ago
Didn't like the whole world stop during covid? It should be equivalent to 50-100 years of climate activism, and what? didn't even make a dent?
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A significant fraction of commuting by information workers stopped during COVID. Nothing like the whole world stopping, but yes, it would make a difference if the reduction in commuting could continue.
From what I've read (can't find the source, sorry), it did have an effect, but it needs to repeat every year on top of the previous one to have the effect to stay below the 2.0 celsius avg.