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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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Vance Wiggles Out Of Saying Whether Climate Change Is Real (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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And additional CO₂ people have dumped into the atmosphere is the biggest cause:

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[–] stabby_cicada 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

"Climate change isn't real, but if it was, we would need to pump more oil and natural gas in the United States to make our energy sector strong for the oncoming crisis."

"Oh, and don't buy solar panels from China, because they're dirty foreigners."

And Walz, who spent the whole debate staring at the podium scowling like a rotten jack-o'-lantern, was so out of it he couldn't effectively call out Vance's bogus definition of clean energy and bring up the Build Back Better plan and Biden's investments into the US energy economy.

What the fuck.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Also, let me shoehorn in the Mexicans real quick."

[–] stabby_cicada 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Millions of illegals!"

"Actually, the people you're referring to are legally in the United States with temporary protected status..."

"They're still here illegally because I say so, illegal illegal lalala"

[–] silence7 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They have darker skin than Vance, so he sees them as inherently criminal, irrespective of whether they've actually committed a crime.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

So, Vance married a criminal? Maybe she is even an illegal by his definition.

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