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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] 82 points 4 months ago (5 children)

OK, so hear me out. The Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Since the Hajj is now becoming dangerous for the faithful because of climate change, that means that the Saudi king needs to act to protect the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques. I.e., the Saudi king has a religious responsibility to act on climate change, by clamping down on CO2 emissions and curtailing hydrocarbons extraction. It's the will of Allah, man.

[–] LeroyJenkins 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

what's that? they couldn't hear you over the sound of money

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

🪙 🪙 PARDON?? 💰 💰

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Dibs on holy jihad to end climate change

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Anti-fossil fuel butlerians?

[–] Noodle07 1 points 4 months ago

Climate change is a real jihad for sure

[–] LeroyJenkins 0 points 4 months ago

Taylor Swift private jet kamikaze

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

He'd sooner air condion the whole area.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

At least in what they say they certainly recognize this. The middle East as a whole talks about climate change much more than the US in my experience, mostly because to them it is an actual existential threat. Money is money so I'm sure they'll keep extracting oil while it makes money, but every single middle Eastern economy's goal has been to diversify from oil for many decades now.

[–] Neon 1 points 4 months ago

Or he just installs water-fountains

[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's 125.24°F. The yeast in your bread is now dead, and your steak is rare.

[–] evidences 12 points 4 months ago

Seems like about 1,000 humans are rare too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I……. Don’t like this information ☹️

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If it’s for a religious event, is it not part of gods plan?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago
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[–] pubquiz 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not dead, "received an unexpected early heavenly reward". And if it was catholics or protestants, same. If it was hindu's they'd have prematurely transcended. Pastafarians? Over cooked. All religions are risible!

[–] Noodle07 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a sad ending for pastafarians

[–] pubquiz 2 points 4 months ago

Think of the worshippers of fine carpentry, who drink sacramental varnish. A horrible end. But a lovely finish.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

There is a certain poetic justice in Saudi Arabia becoming uninhabitable as a direct result of all the dinosaur juice they dug out from under it.

Although as usual the people responsible will feel no effect as they sit in air conditioned palaces, grifting even more money to try and build a pointlessly long, tall and narrow city.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not long before they install sealed, air-conditioned walkways for the well-off.

The others... well, best of luck.

[–] LeroyJenkins 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

have you seen even pictures of the Grand mosque? I have no doubt that what you described already exists....

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

keep in mind that the Hajj can be a pretty grueling rite even before adding in extreme heat

[–] Num10ck 12 points 4 months ago

should switch to midnight services maybe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nobody wants to chill anymore