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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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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. (www.oxfam.org)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yea but it's on us for not recycling or not setting our thermostats to 85° or leaving the lights on or having the audacity to leave electronics in standby or leaving a charger plugged in or driving too much! /s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

And we are billed unreasonably for using that energy too. My electric has skyrocketed in the last few years. Meanwhile the business customers have stayed relatively the same. Electric companies need to bill businesses way more and give citizens a break.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

85°?!?

Look at mister moneypants here with his sauna

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

Air conditioner, not heat

[–] Kecessa 2 points 2 days ago

... 72f is normal (22c)