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Though transportation contributes only 16% of global emissions, a small percentage when compared with power consumption for our industrial needs and modern connected lifestyles, it is still a crucial element of our capitalist economy. Gates writes that even though car traffic was half of what it used to be in April 2019 and air traffic virtually came to a halt as countries locked down to, the costs of economic decimation were devastating.
If anything, the pandemic spurred economic lockdown showed that even with negligible flying and limited driving, we don’t make enough of a dent in our emissions; we also realised that when people are forced to stay home, capitalism grinds to a literal standstill. For many sectors, our ability to travel, consume and move goods from manufacturer to market, is the lifeblood of many economies.
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