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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Global sales of polluting SUVs hit record high in 2023, data shows | Half of all new cars are now SUVs, making them a major cause of the intensifying climate crisis, say experts (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I've noticed it bad here in Cali, had allot of relatives say they need a bigger car so they can see over all the cars, fucking idiots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

How else can you make sure the pedestrian is dead when you hit them? Otherwise they might sue you for medical injuries since we don’t have universal healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Turns out you don't need to see "over" other cars if you don't tailgate so fuckin hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Just install a periscope.