Silver Lining: Mandatory Lockdown Has Cleared Los Angeles Haze, Other Cities See Pollution Drop

Dolphins have returned to Venice, Los Angeles’ trademark haze is gone, deer are wandering Japanese cities, and traffic, especially along traditionally packed commuter corridors, has all but disappeared. Mother Nature is making the best of our collective nightmares as the self-isolation necessary to combat the coronavirus pandemic has observably reduced human pollution to historic levels. 

The viral outbreak began affecting the world’s pollution levels after a number of major cities and countries went on lockdown. China’s notoriously smog-filled municipalities, the first to be quarantined, saw an immediate clearing with the results visible from NASA’s Earth Observatory satellites. Italy’s country-wide lockdown has produced similar results as the normally jam-packed, bumper-to-bumper ancient streets lit up green like the Northern Lights.

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MDarringer - 3/20/2020 12:21:09 PM

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Oh lordy!

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 3/20/2020 2:09:53 PM

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Snap shot to when in the future all cars are BEV and all energy is produced from clean renewable sources, hydro, solar and wind. #thefutureisbright

USNA1999 - 3/20/2020 3:03:41 PM

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True but you will be waiting for a very long time since all the renewal energy is expensive. I am in the energy sector and dealing with plenty of customers in the Americas and most of them are regretting investing in renewals.

runninglogan1 - 3/20/2020 7:44:38 PM

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Air is crystal clear in LA.

MDarringer - 3/20/2020 10:08:09 PM

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Your tribe talking: "Air is crystal clear in LA. So let's ban all cars, destroy income, and live off of welfare imprisoned in our houses that will be owned by the government."

MDarringer - 3/22/2020 8:16:01 PM

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@FAQ they did with welfare deadbeats because they need them home breeding more stupid babies.

carloslassiter - 3/22/2020 6:49:14 PM

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Are we actually voting for polluted air? Is that what people want?

MDarringer - 3/22/2020 8:11:44 PM

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Totally an idiotic question.

While the death of all Democrats would make America far better, the trade off is that a Holocaust could be a bit politically unpopular. Thus, asking "Should we exterminate all Democrats?" is as useless a question as yours.