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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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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn. There are no LED's that can be put into enclosures, right? I suppose that's a worthwhile sacrifice to avoid idiots from sticking to incandescents.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use all LEDs in my home and aside from the dollar store LEDs lasting less long in 2 bulb enclosures, all the ones in the ceiling boob lights are doing fine. I recently got better bulbs that as a nice bonus are a warm color temperature and I'll see how they do. the nicer LEDs have circuity that can reduce their output to reduce heat output if they detect they're being cooked from what I understand

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

There are LED bulbs rated for this. I've got several in fixtures like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where do I look to find them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sadly I don't live in US of A so finding these bulbs is extremely difficult

I just want to go to a home Depot and get a few:(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Take that website I linked — 1000bulbs.com — and look up bulbs that are actually available to you using it. You'll likely find that some are rated for enclosed fixtures.