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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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US GOP presidential candidates avoid discussing climate change on campaign trail (www.pbs.org)
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Most likely because the Republican Party climate policy is horrific and they know they'll lose votes if they open their mouth.

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[–] Hawke 5 points 1 year ago

Don’t look up.

[–] Samuraipizzacat 3 points 1 year ago

No one wants to stop manufacturing because they will fall behind China. This is like the civ 6 game where everyone is trying to win a culture war or space race and that one guy is still hoarding tanks and oil. He wants to end it quick before you take the reliance on oil away.