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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] 11 points 7 months ago (11 children)

It's usually more expensive to burn propane than natural gas.

[–] TalesOfTrees 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (10 children)

Higher price per unit, but propane burns 2-2.5x more efficiently. So what might be more beneficial to one person or another most likely depends on other factors, such as region and availability.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Almost nobody ends up using propane when they've got piped gas available. Which says that it's not a great choice.

[–] TalesOfTrees 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or it just confirms developers being in cahoots, and consumers being unaware that they have choices, even when it doesn't seem like it. Hopefully you're not interpreting this as me trying to argue with you, as my intention is more of a "hey, by the way here's something" rather than an attempt to convince anyone of anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

in the case of apartments the consumers don't have a choice, which is why new gas line bans are so important

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Or just live somewhere else and don’t ruin shit for the rest of us?

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