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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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Black and white cartoon. Left panel: a group blocks a road with a banner reading "No new oil | so there's a liveable planet for our children." Right panel: A boardroom, with members of the board raising their hands. In front of them is a chart showing planned oil extraction going well above a dashed line marked "Level beyond which there will be no livable plant for our children.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of offices have showers for that reason. Personally I'd have an extra set of clothing and wash up at the sink and there were others doing it too. And it's just for a few days, it's not the end of the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could also fix our infrastructure and invest in public transport. I'm not entirely fuck cars, but I'd definitely like to see a role reversal between public transport and personal vehicles in the US. Real investment in trains in America would be a game changer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As far as I understand it the issue in the US regarding trains is because of the history. The rails are owned by freight companies and freight trains are prioritized. Whereas in say Germany the passenger trains are prioritized. In the Netherlands subsidies are cut if trains are late more than 5% of the time IIRC.

So ya how can you possibly make it reliable in the US this way?

Further I also understand that in the US there is very clear zoning, such as residential, commercial and so on, whereas here residential and commercial can be mixed, so on the ground floor you typically have shops and the like.

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

Fair enough, I guess that would work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I understand your frustration though. In Berlin an ambulance got stuck and the patient died. Nobody wanted that and it remains a complex issue.