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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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Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any perspective of climate change that doesn't have its foundation in anti-capitalism is climate-change denial.

It is bizarre that this person is begging for 10 more years of capitalism at a time when the environmental disasters are becoming painfully apparent while the powers that be continue to ramp up production, profits, and exploitation.

[–] givesomefucks 5 points 1 year ago

Especially when it's working out horribly for over 99.9999% of people on the planet...

It's not like a doctor telling you to cut out red meat for cardiac reasons and you want one last steak.