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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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Electric lawn equipment, solar could be home-electrification ‘gateways’ | People with firsthand home electrification experience are much more interested in cutting fossil fuels from other areas (www.canarymedia.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Getting rid of the lawn altogether is the first step. Plant more trees, grow a garden, plant native plants for pollinators.

Having a big yard full of grass that you need an ICE powered by fossil fuels to maintain is soulless insanity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I've carved up my lawn to plant trees and native plants beds, but still have sections that are grass. It's a great play space for the kids, and with the trees there's enough shade to really limit the amount of irrigation necessary during the worst of the summer. Point is, lawns aren't inherently bad, their extent and how you manage them are what matter most.