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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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Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It's unfortunately a Catch 22. Even if Kamala has an excellent plan in mind for transitioning away from fossil fuels, she has an election to win. There's no answer she can give that would make everyone happy. Say she'll come down hard on fossil fuels, and she might lose states like PA and cause Big Oil to invest in Republican races, potentially hamstringing any chance at a three-chamber path forward. On the other hand, she can't glibly say, "Drill, baby, drill," because she'd lose the climate-aware vote she needs to win.

And I don't give a fuck about what Trump says. He can eat glass and drink gasoline, for all I care.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I would gladly watch it all burn down if I could just see one presidential debate where the candidates answered the fucking questions.

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