# The virus and CO2

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virus-and-co2/851165 "2020-04-06T02:56:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virus-and-co2/851165/1 "2020-04-06T02:56:44Z")

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A lot of people are wondering how the shutdowns and other things are affecting the Climate Crisis. Here’s an attempt to estimate how much less CO[sub]2[/sub] China emitted during their shutdown.

[Analysis: Coronavirus temporarily reduced China’s CO2 emissions by a quarter](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coronavirus-has-temporarily-reduced-chinas-co2-emissions-by-a-quarter)

Note that China has a different pattern of emissions than western countries. More from industry and less from autos. So expect a somewhat different result when they get around to measuring how Europe and N America changed emissions.