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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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‘Shocking silence’ over climate crisis in New Zealand election campaign draws criticism (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I admit to finding the views of these center-right voters fairly frustrating. They will admit to being concerned about climate change, and purport to support action but then refuse to talk or seemingly even think about the issue of their own volition. This apathy allows the far-right to hijack their coalition’s policies into something extremely radical that very few voter actually support. This is a consistent dynamic across the western world world and maybe wider.

[–] neanderthal 5 points 1 year ago

I think they are afraid. They are afraid to not drive their Canyoneros. They are afraid that North American post WW2 suburbia is one of the worst things humanity has done. They are afraid because they don't know any different. They are afraid of losing all the money they spent on their monster trucks and McMansions.

It isn't rational. Jean Luc Picard could show up on the starship Enterprise and tell them that car centric suburbs are the biggest culprits right now and they would refuse to listen. Because fear isn't rational.