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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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‘You’re gonna eat bugs’: Climate fears and conspiracies at Canberra renewables protest (www.theage.com.au)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're really stretching here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is there any argument to be made that edible crustaceans aren't bugs that doesn't boil down to 'ew gross'? I simply don't see how this is a stretch in any way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. 'Bug' refers to insects (and, more colloquially, some other small invertebrates such as spiders and centipedes). Crustaceans are not insects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Crustaceans are as closely related to insects as spiders and centipedes are. You're splitting antennae here.