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Environment and energy

Why COVID-19 could make physicists kick some of their habits forever

13 Jun 2020 James McKenzie
Taken from the June 2020 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Kicking the habit".

We all knew that we should have travelled less and video conferenced more. But with COVID-19, we have no other choice says James McKenzie 

Business meeting via video link
Quick impact COVID-19 has triggered huge changes, such as increased home working, that would otherwise have happened only slowly. (Courtesy: iStock/Ridofranz)
I got some strong reaction to my recent column about how to reduce carbon emissions from air travel.

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James McKenzie is the writer of the Transactions column for Physics World about physics in industry. He is writing here in a personal capacity
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