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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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Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've heard things like this are the reason why Charlie Sheen went off the deep end. Highest paid television actor in history at the time and it wasn't enough. Had to do crazy drugs, had to have wild promiscuous sex, had to do anything to feel alive.

I look back on the times when I was poor and I felt more actively engaged in life than now when I am not rich but not poor.

It almost makes me want to sell everything I have and throw it all away and go start over somewhere else just to see what life is like again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It’s the struggle to rebuild, it gives you meaning and motivation to continue

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just want to play Minecraft for the first time again too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Subnautica for me