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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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G7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 years (theprogressplaybook.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Lots of coal in the UK

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Over the past year coal has only generated 1.2% of power in the UK

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We mine and export as well as a large internal household market. Still lots of coal unfortunately, we may have stopped using it for power generation but it's still being used.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Looks like there's one mine left operating at any real capacity. ~100,000 tonnes a year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coal_mines_in_the_United_Kingdom#21st_century

Much of that mine's output is apparently ground down for carbon filters, although it used to be used at a nearby steelworks that I think is now shut.

Domestic use of coal is pretty rare, most people not using gas or electric are using wood burners.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

What?

There's Ratcliffe-on-Soar and that doesn't run all the time, and very rarely at anything approaching full power. It's closing for good later this year.