right now, someone, something, is jumping up and down, knocking on our head for us to take notice that we have on a silver (lining) platter a timing is everything happening: a vivid graphic that climate and covid-19 have a lot in common in that the outcome is the same.
we’re in an unexpected natural experiment. the opportunity in the crisis. a real reckoning moment. a picture is worth a thousand whatevers.
the perfect timing is a climate-induced world with catastrophic weather, fire, agriculture, and health problems and a novel virus pandemic that’s killing millions and crushing economies. it’s also time to implore our leaders to ponder america’s long-term big picture handling of pandemics and climate initiatives.
these images leave little room for debate. that it didn’t take long for covid-19 to wreck havoc and the world to address it. and no one expected such a dramatic by-product from a little rain tied to amping down the fossil fuels.
staying home works for covid-19. firing up sustainable industries and similar creature habits works for the economy.
above/below > new delhi 1 november 2019 / 20 april 2020 | photo manish swarup / ap
above top/bottom > india gate war memorial new delhi 17 october 2019 / 8 april 2020
above/below > nitrogen dioxide (red) levels prior to and during stay at home lockdown. the los angeles graphic is a vivid glimpse of what an electrified world would look like.
above > a nearly empty interstate 280 in san francisco 22 march 2020
below > notice the nitrogen dioxide readings at height of chinese lockdown in mid-january and march when stay-at-home was relaxed.
a dystopia is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is translated as bad place and is an antonym of utopia,
