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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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That Giant Sucking Sound? It’s Climate Change Devouring Your Home’s Value. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No? That's actually fairly recent. Unless you live in a declared disaster zone you typically could get insurance. Entire states being uninsurable is new. Insurers are pulling out of states like FL and CA because they could not afford to cover the claims when another disaster hit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

This has more to do with the incredible cost of housing rather than climate crisis though. Yes, the frequency of these things is increasing - but NOT anywhere near the same degree as property values skyrocketing and causing the 'repair cost' to go up as well.

I understand that in the long run, it's a good thing to attribute this to the climate crisis - so long as it gets people to change their habits, it could be considered morally righteous.

But the factual reality of it, is that climate doesn't play a large part in the reasons for them doing this. And I, for one, am tired of living in this reality where things are just convenient, but not necessarily true. I am very scientifically minded, and I thrive on information being correct and accurate.