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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That's what the voters have been trying to tell the DNC since 2016.

But the DNC's ears are plugged with corporate cash.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Ears? It's more like every orifice being plugged with corporate cash.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago

Really? Then why aren't there more progressives at every level of the Democrat party?

Maybe they should try telling Democrats at the voting booth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

is trough leftism like a trough urinal?

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

No, it's where you share your oats, brother

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

New flavour of leftism just dropped. I personally am more of a piss leftist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

i think i'm a pissing outside sometimes leftist

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Call me crazy, but I want an answer before 2028.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Oh hell yeah! I totally support you guys trying that! I'm sure it'll work out perfectly for us!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think that Democrats should turn away from their growing number of middle-class supporters in order to pivot to a platform that has no record of winning elections. The US economy is going to suffer over the next couple of years and the appeal of a "return to normalcy" party like the present-day Democrats will grow.

It's worth considering why the Democrats failed to persuade the majority of voters that electing Trump in 2024 would be (among other things) an economic disaster, but nonetheless it's going to be an economic disaster and voters won't be happy. I expect that Trumpism will have no political future if (and that's a big if) free elections are preserved.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

When has a leftist campaign been run in earnest in a US election? Can’t remember any from the Dems in my lifetime, so I’m curious how it can have a record either way.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It doesn't have a record either way - it's an unknown.

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