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Ccwatercraft wrote:90% of the trips to the grocery are not based out of desperation or starvation but just personal preference, the cupboards are rarely 100% bare, not even crackers at home type situation.
Same goes for home depot or lowes. People are buying flowers, mulch, closet shelving, ceiling fans, etc out of boredom, not out of desperation or necessity.
I work in retail, this isn't that far from the truth. People like to shop in this country for whatever reason.moorhosj wrote:Ccwatercraft wrote:90% of the trips to the grocery are not based out of desperation or starvation but just personal preference, the cupboards are rarely 100% bare, not even crackers at home type situation.
Same goes for home depot or lowes. People are buying flowers, mulch, closet shelving, ceiling fans, etc out of boredom, not out of desperation or necessity.
Why make up statistics? If you have a good point, it can stand without fake data supporting it.
Ccwatercraft wrote:on a positive note, I've been daytrading the airlines pretty heavily the last few weeks and its worked out tremendously its been dumping 5-10% swings in my favor pretty regular.
Got in heavy middle of last week and held them through the weekend, which I normally wouldn't do, dam glad I did because today has been a VERY good day for my portfolio, I already pulled some gains and likely will pull the rest before market close and pat myself on the back for good timing.
Dresden wrote:Despite all the cows still burping and farting, carbon emissions are down 17% so far this year, compared to 2019. So one bright spot coming out of the pandemic.
Daily global CO2 emissions decreased by –17% (–11 to –25% for ±1σ) by early April 2020 compared with the mean 2019 levels, just under half from changes in surface transport. At their peak, emissions in individual countries decreased by –26% on average. The impact on 2020 annual emissions depends on the duration of the confinement, with a low estimate of –4% (–2 to –7%) if prepandemic conditions return by mid-June, and a high estimate of –7% (–3 to –13%) if some restrictions remain worldwide until the end of 2020. Government actions and economic incentives postcrisis will likely influence the global CO2 emissions path for decades.
Dresden wrote:Ccwatercraft wrote:on a positive note, I've been daytrading the airlines pretty heavily the last few weeks and its worked out tremendously its been dumping 5-10% swings in my favor pretty regular.
Got in heavy middle of last week and held them through the weekend, which I normally wouldn't do, dam glad I did because today has been a VERY good day for my portfolio, I already pulled some gains and likely will pull the rest before market close and pat myself on the back for good timing.
Congrats. time for some new watercraft?
Ccwatercraft wrote:on a positive note, I've been daytrading the airlines pretty heavily the last few weeks and its worked out tremendously its been dumping 5-10% swings in my favor pretty regular.
Got in heavy middle of last week and held them through the weekend, which I normally wouldn't do, dam glad I did because today has been a VERY good day for my portfolio, I already pulled some gains and likely will pull the rest before market close and pat myself on the back for good timing.
PlayerUp wrote:Dresden wrote:Despite all the cows still burping and farting, carbon emissions are down 17% so far this year, compared to 2019. So one bright spot coming out of the pandemic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0797-xDaily global CO2 emissions decreased by –17% (–11 to –25% for ±1σ) by early April 2020 compared with the mean 2019 levels, just under half from changes in surface transport. At their peak, emissions in individual countries decreased by –26% on average. The impact on 2020 annual emissions depends on the duration of the confinement, with a low estimate of –4% (–2 to –7%) if prepandemic conditions return by mid-June, and a high estimate of –7% (–3 to –13%) if some restrictions remain worldwide until the end of 2020. Government actions and economic incentives postcrisis will likely influence the global CO2 emissions path for decades.
Original article reporting this. It's 17% globally which is good but we're still far from being at net zero.
However this should help offset those Australian fires and January volcano surges.
dice wrote:imperial college of london study shows that the following states almost certainly have the virus under control (for the time being), with infection rate of others <1 for each infected person:
MT, HI, WY, WV, VT, ID, ND, ME - mostly states w/ low population density
these states PROBABLY have things under control (again, for the time being):
AK, SD, NY, DC, MI, NJ, CT, WA, GA, KY, KS, RI, UT, AR, OR, NH, NV, OK
these states probably don't have a handle on things:
NE, MD, LA, PA, CA, NC, MA, SC, DE, MO, NM, VA, FL, TN, MS, WI, AL, IN
almost certainly don't have a handle on the virus:
IA, MN, OH, CO, IL, AZ, TX
see pg. 8:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-05-21-COVID19-Report-23.pdf
estimate of % of population infected as of last weekend:
16.6 NY
16.1 NJ
13.3 CT
13.0 MA
10.8 DC
8.0 LA
7.1 IL
also suggested that we would quickly be in big trouble if we return to even 20% of normal mobility (page 15)
Payt10 wrote:
I don't understand how that could be enjoyable to anyone. Gives me anxiety just thinking about it, social distancing protocols or not. Yuck.
