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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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‘You can walk around in a T-shirt’: how Norway brought heat pumps in from the cold | Device installed in two-thirds of households of country (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] pigup 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been remodeling my house one room at a time, I'm taking insulation very seriously and putting as much as I can. The rooms that I've remodeled are so hot during winter while rest of house is freezing, quite annoying for my HVAC system actually, but interesting how much money is just flying away through the walls

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If I may suggest you focus on air tightness as well. Insulation isn't very effective with air flowing through it. If you've worn a fleece jacket on a windy day you'll know what I mean.

That, and vapour penetration through a poorly sealed envelope can lead to moisture issues.