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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change? Researchers are looking at the impact that individuals’ actions can have on reducing carbon emissions — and the best ways to get people to adopt (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Croquette 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be a good rebuttal if there wasn't all the marketing and ads to consume.

Ad agencies literally study what works and what doesn't, always refining their techniques, so that they can sell you more shit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're susceptible to ads then that is also on you.

[–] Croquette 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Literally not. This is human nature. If you think you aren't affected by ads, think again.

Marketing has researched what triggers our animal response, and we are affected to varying degrees. Some people more, some people less.

But you most likely bought something because you saw an ad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I am definitely affected by ads, because I'm completely fucking allergic to them. If I see an ad, I immediately don't want to have anything to do with the product, and if it is a website I close it immediately if it forces me to watch it.