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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why. (grist.org)
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[–] stabby_cicada 1 points 3 months ago

We should all be going after corporations and lobbyists, not individuals.

If we "go after" corporations and lobbyists, the individuals who buy their products will defend them.

We can't effectively fight factory farming when meat eating individuals demand politicians protect their hamburgers.

We can't effectively fight Big Oil when individual drivers demand politicians give them cheap gas and wider roads.

We can't effectively fight plastic production when individual customers demand plastic straws and bags and disposable everything.

The idea that we can change capitalist society from the top down is a fiction designed to lull the individual consumer into a state of mindless consumption. You can keep driving and eating meat and throwing away bag after bag of plastic, without guilt, because they tell you your individual choices don't matter. You can continue living your unsustainable lifestyle and buying everything the capitalist machine sells, because you're voting for the right politicians, and that means you're doing your part.

Come on.