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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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Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate (newrepublic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're the biggest barrier to pretty much every political and economical issue we've got about now.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just sharpening this pitchfork here, wondering when we’re gonna start eating the rich…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Be the change you want to see in the world or whatever

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sharpening a pitchfork? Man I'm to poor for that and have just been sharpening my teeth through my anxiety grinding.

People really do forget we are just animals with pretty good control.