Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The climate alarmist community is repeatedly praising the alleged “benefits” of the deadly Covid-19 outbreak.
There’s an unlikely beneficiary of coronavirus: The planet
By Rebecca Wright, CNN
Updated 1005 GMT (1805 HKT) March 17, 2020Hong Kong (CNN)Factories were shuttered and streets were cleared across China’s Hubei province as authorities ordered residents to stay home to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
It seems the lockdown had an unintended benefit — blue skies.
The average number of “good quality air days” increased 21.5% in February, compared to the same period last year, according to China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment. And Hubei wasn’t alone.Satellite images released by NASA and the European Space Agency show a dramatic reduction in nitrogen dioxide emissions — those released by vehicles, power plants and industrial facilities — in major Chinese cities between January and February. The visible cloud of toxic gas hanging over industrial powerhouses almost disappeared.
“This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event,” says Fei Liu, an air quality researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “I am not surprised because many cities nationwide have taken measures to minimize the spread of the virus.”
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/asia/china-pollution-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
The CNN article is not an isolated anomaly.
Other MSM outlets such as the LA Times and the New York Times have praised the climate benefits of Coronavirus, or cited the positive climate lessons we can learn from the economic damage caused by Coronavirus shutdowns – they appear to want the hardship caused by Coronavirus economic shutdowns to become a template for how we live all the time.
The Times took this disgusting trope a step further, and explored the positive side of Coronavirus killing off old climate skeptics.
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While pandemics are a natural way of reducing population, people who celebrate them are soulless, vile creatures. Oh, wait, we were speaking of CNN, weren’t we?
Expect joy over the next earthquake, typhoon, anything that kills the human parasite. These are sick, sick creatures.
‘people who celebrate them are soulless, vile creatures’
Don’t forget the people who exploit them. That’s a step lower on the scum ladder.
The only positive I have seen come out of all this is; “US Gas Prices by State” – Google it and click the GasBuddy one. 17 states are below $2 per Gal . . .
As George Carlin stated “the planet is fine” and it was fine then and now . . .
JPP
I found a very interesting article:
Solution to the corona problem isolate panic makers – Documentation of an extraordinary contribution to the current discussion
I have been warning about this being used as an exemplar, propaganda tool and excue for the eco-fascist tyrrany.
This praise of a lack of economic activity by the lefties and Progressives will end as soon as the taxpayers start pointing out that teachers and bureaucrats will need to be fired to save money that the government can no longer collect.
I was walking a main aisle in Walmart yesterday when two staff brought out two skids of 24 roll packages of toilet paper. There wasn’t the panicked herd of a few days ago, but people were circled around taking the one only allotment. As I passed, I said to my adult daughter just loud enough that those people could here, “You can wipe your behind with yesterdays newspaper, but you can’t eat toilet paper”. There was simple wisdom in this but all I got was some blank looks.
What’s a “newspaper”, boomer?
Well I suppose you could wipe with your iPad. Has anybody out there ever read the iPad warranty ?
Seriously, it’s what you’ll wish you had when either the Sun, or Kim Jong Un decides to release a big flare.
Cheers !
No, it’s just a slow news minute.