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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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Eating Meat Is Bad for Climate Change, and Here Are All the Studies That Prove It (sentientmedia.org)
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[โ€“] Resonosity 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eggs and parmigiano reggiano were the last thing I gave up before changing. It took the environment + health + morality arguments to cement it for me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@Resonosity @flames5123

I didn't eat any eggs for several years. But then I moved close to a farm that has twenty or so free-range Hens. Comparably, I have a much lower CO2 & CH4 footprint than the average British consumer & a far lower footprint than the 1% uber-rich (e.g., I don't fly. I use my bicycle when I can, busses, train and have been living a 100% - 98% vegan lifestyle for about twenty years), I thought frig it, a few free-range eggs now and again is fine (all things considered)