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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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At Climate Forward Event, World Leaders and Scientists Discuss Our Warming Planet (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] msage@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

But the absolute winner line for me is

He also said that his organization “allowed the radical left to define the brand Project 2025.” He added: “We should have, figuratively speaking, punched back. Lesson learned.”

What in the fuck are those people smoking? Like I wish to escape this dystopian timeline, because we are full on nuts here. Fuck.

[–] silence7 7 points 1 month ago

They're smoking money. The raison d'être of the Heritage Foundation is to promote the interests of the wealthy over those of the rest of us.

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