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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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Living a radically simple permaculture life on 1/4 acre (youtu.be)
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Creatures of Place is an insight into the wonderful world of Artist as Family: Meg Ulman, Patrick Jones, and their youngest son, Woody. Living on a 1/4-acre section in a small Australian town, Meg and Patrick have designed their property using permaculture principals.

They grow most of their own food, don't own cars and ride their bikes instead, use very little electricity, and forage food and materials from their local forest.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (13 children)

LoL "stealing". Are you "stealing" the air you're breathing right now? That's a weird choice of word. Anyway.

But you're right. If everyone started to live like this, it would be devastating. But when you think about it, think about how many forests were cut down and how much land was taken and transformed just for agriculture around the world just to feed us humans. It's insane.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Yes. Stealing. From the taxpayers that maintain that forest. From the public who owns the property.

Stealing is exactly right. Because while everyone can breathe air, there isn't enough of that forest to go around if everyone lived like this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Welcome everyone to the concept of the commons (and by extension the tragedy of the commons)

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

The thing about the tragedy of the commons is that it’s basically bullshit. It’s been debunked as long as it’s been around. It’s privatization propaganda, nothing more.

People have been equitably maintaining commons for literally all of human history, and they are good at doing so within their communities. Social structures to maintain commons without official regulation have been in place for generations without major issues.

https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth

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