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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The GWPF has in the past expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. GWPF director Benny Peiser has said “it’s extraordinary that anyone should think there is a climate crisis”.

So, it's a doomsday death cult that guy is a member of?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Pretty much, except that most cults, you have to pay them, whereas I think he's getting paid by the oil industry.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dang, why they got to shoot themselves in the foot like this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well, look at that face. Feel his virility. Could you resist?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Good point. It's just this raw, oozing sexuality that always wins, huh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

To defeat the Tories, you must first become the Tories.