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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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Al Gore Thinks Trump Will Lose and Climate Activists Will Triumph (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I believe Trump will lose but I’m not so sure about the other part. Democrats will only take action on climate change if it doesn’t impact capitalism. Capitalism can’t exist if we want to truly tackle Climate change.

[–] mojo_raisin 3 points 7 months ago

I view our chances of appropriately managing climate change the way I do a 65 year old cigarette smoker that's smoked 2 packs a day for the past 5 decades.

It's absolutely possible for a 65 year old long-time smoker to change, repair much of the damage, and live many more healthy years. But by far the more likely outcome is that person smoking on their death bed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The outcome isn't something that just happens; it's something we need to actively work for, whether that be defeating Trump or actually getting the world off fossil fuels.