Covid-19, Environmental Engineering and the End of the World as We Know it
Artur Pawłowski
Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8764-1534
Abstract
Covid-19 stopped the World. When all humanity is worried about their health, is there still any room for technical sciences and environmental engineering? In this work, It will be proved, that the answer is yes. Major challenges, such as climate change, are still valid. In addition, being in a quarantine still we have access to clean water and electricity. Without these goods, our lives in these conditions would be much harder. Investments in renewable energy sources are still being carried out.
Covid-19 will not bring the end of the World as such, but the end of the World as we know it. Some sectors of the economy (tourism, public transport, in particular air transport) may cease to exist and the service sector will face a deep recession. This means a gigantic economic crisis and retraction of the World development many years back.
Keywords:
coronavirus, Covid-19, epidemic, environmental engineering, global crisisReferences
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Artur PawłowskiLublin University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8764-1534
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