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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I literally just want to get on with positive progress. I'm tired of this having our cake and eating it too way of progress. Change is okay and a part of it. So maybe we dont eat burgers for the rest of eternity. So what. Let's actually start advancing instead of existing in this weird "physical hardware get better but everything else must remain in limbo" era. Social progress matters just as much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Hard agree, market solutions are bullshit designed to keep profits high and that's all.