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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] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Bullshit. Offsets are a serious market solution to climate change.

I'm actually starting a retail business for them. You can use Venmo, or Cash App, to purchase offsets for your day to day climate killing activities.

I'm even running a special. Normally it's $1 per mile driven, but today it's only $0.85/mile AND I'll throw in an offset for 5 pieces of petroleum based articles of clothing.

Once I've received payment, I'll send you a photo of the trees you just saved.

See? Totally legit. You don't have to thank me, just send me money. I'm happy to be doing my part!