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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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‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds | IPS report says replacement fuels well off track to replace kerosene within timeframe needed to avert climate disaster (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] girsaysdoom 7 points 7 months ago

Exactly. This is all about people trying to come up with a technological solution to retain the same unsustainable lifestyle we already have become complacent with. It's just not possible; we can't keep consuming over what's feasible and wonder why the consequences of overconsumption keep coming up.