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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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Report: Taxing fossil fuel extraction could raise nearly $1 trillion for climate aid (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I can understand the need to fund road repairs and that a big chunk, if not majority, of those funds currently come from fuel taxes, but at least my state won't even entertain the idea of changing that. Nope, tax the woke hippies - problem solved. (My state is dark red and owned by the coal and oil/gas industries in case it wasn't apparent).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you’re also in Kentucky? ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One state to the east :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

LOL! Knew it had to be around here somewhere.