til lemmy has never heard of inversions. Then they spread pictures of inversions like it's pollution.

Please never think you're smarter than reddit. You ain't.

It's one of the most disappointing legacy of the pandemic for me. The people.

The environment got better. Some people were not forced to commute any longer. We had an opportunity to start freeing ourselves from capitalism and move into a post-capitalist society.

But no. We doubled down on capitalism and even went into tribalism. I read so many comments of people saying they were missing their time lone from their family while stuck in traffic, and were eager to go back to the office. Now a few years later, those that could still work from home or remotely are demanded to go back to their office. Even if it's not necessary. For team spirit!

I didn't have high hopes about climate change and our policies before the pandemic. And now I'm entirely cynical and convinced we will not do anything. We will not reach any goals to avoid climate change. We will go head first into it. Because fuck you, I'm not letting go of my car and my lifestyle! I want cheap gas! Give me cheap gas!

typical... it's always nocer out when you can not go out.

We should go no pollution days, so no cars, only renewable energy use. Weekends you can pollute with cars

Damn

Greetings from Hanoi. We had a similar experience here.

they wont have to worry about sunburns, because there is no sun available.

This is why regulations are important.

Functional regulations are why you don't vote for conservatives.

Source: I live in a valley that used to have way worse air quality until stricter SMOG and gasoline refinement laws took effect.

The Earth can heal if we stop stabbing it.

This is kind of misleading. Delhi commonly experiences fog in the winter months. Since the same weather conditions that form fog (atmospheric stability) also cause pollution to accumulate rather than blow away, the city gets AQI spikes and fog at the same time. The photo on the right is smog, but also representative of what you'd see if there were no air pollution.

I've cross-posted this to "Actually Infuriating" where it belongs.