I'm hearing from all sorts of sources about possible positive and negative changes to our lives coming about due to our current lock down due to Covid 19.
I'd heard that carbon emissions are down substantially as people work from home so I looked up and the first link I came up with is from 2018!!! It suggests we work from home rather than commute as much as possible.
I think the tech has been in place for 10 years or more now.
Work from home appears to be driving down gas prices as well. Where I am at, the price of Premium peaked for me at nearly $5 per gallon. I saw it yesterday posted at $2.25! Regular was something like $1.87. I've not seen that price in decades.
Will it change how we arrange our relationships, split child care duties, educate our young? My son is finishing a class online though he isn't happy about it. The class really requires some hands on as it a class in the trades. Perhaps in the future such a class would be supplemented with onsite labs.
Of course, all of this goes out the window and we just return to our old ways when the lock down ends.
Will we simply return to our old ways?
What may be some other upsides of the lock down? A baby boom? Lower STDs? Unintended downsides? More domestic violence and divorces?
Your thoughts?
I'd heard that carbon emissions are down substantially as people work from home so I looked up and the first link I came up with is from 2018!!! It suggests we work from home rather than commute as much as possible.
Telecommuting for the Planet
Want to cut emissions at your work place? Stay home. Not going into work could be one of the most environmentally sustainable things you can do as an individual employee. The two main contributors to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are transportation (29 percent) and electricity production (28...
climatechange.ucdavis.edu
I think the tech has been in place for 10 years or more now.
Work from home appears to be driving down gas prices as well. Where I am at, the price of Premium peaked for me at nearly $5 per gallon. I saw it yesterday posted at $2.25! Regular was something like $1.87. I've not seen that price in decades.
Will it change how we arrange our relationships, split child care duties, educate our young? My son is finishing a class online though he isn't happy about it. The class really requires some hands on as it a class in the trades. Perhaps in the future such a class would be supplemented with onsite labs.
Of course, all of this goes out the window and we just return to our old ways when the lock down ends.
Will we simply return to our old ways?
What may be some other upsides of the lock down? A baby boom? Lower STDs? Unintended downsides? More domestic violence and divorces?
Your thoughts?