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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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We’re letting Trump distract us from his corrupt, anti-climate agenda | There is a strange, substantive vacuum in this campaign cycle. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] RedditWanderer 6 points 6 months ago

Youre totally correct. I meant the other "voting half" but of course it's only half because it's been split that way, and doesn't mean half the number of people voting.

I get depressed about the US because it's "the half that matters" in the current political meta. They are a minority, they are loud but they are gaining ground because it's easy for politicians to use them to enrich themselves and control people.