Mex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months ago‘Bedlam’ in UK as air and rail travel hit by global IT outagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
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minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoThat’s one of the few things I miss about the COVID lockdowns. Far less people travelling meant a lot less noise and more clean air. I’m not sure what it says about us when it takes a disaster to help the planet.
minus-squareianovic69@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoDiscovering how quickly pollution levels dropped was eye opening, I’m sure a lot of people noticed the reporting on that globally. Sadly it may never happen again, but I hope it does even if it’s after my lifetime.
That’s one of the few things I miss about the COVID lockdowns. Far less people travelling meant a lot less noise and more clean air.
I’m not sure what it says about us when it takes a disaster to help the planet.
Discovering how quickly pollution levels dropped was eye opening, I’m sure a lot of people noticed the reporting on that globally.
Sadly it may never happen again, but I hope it does even if it’s after my lifetime.