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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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The US and China must unite to fight climate change, not each other | US Senator Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] silence7 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or it means that the bulk of Democrats weren't where he was when they voted in the primary.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look up how few people vote in primaries, their age and demographic distribution. Saying that the bulk of Democrats wanted Hilary is just disingenuous. They made changes to make the process less openly bias afterwards for a reason.

[–] silence7 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So help turn people out to vote. There are established methods to turn environmentalists into regular primary voters (eg: the Environmental Voter Project)

If you don't do that, this kind of thing will keep on happening.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I voted for Bernie in the primary. Even though I'm in a state he'd never win the primary in, and knew would go Republican in the general. I'm really sick of you fucks who tell me I need to spend more time getting out the vote when me and my entire friends group vote, even though it's essentially a waste of time already.

There's maybe a half dozen states in the country that me getting involved would matter in. Our system is a joke. Why would I piss away my time and get harassed if I'm not in one?

[–] silence7 2 points 1 year ago

The Democratic primary isn't winner-take-all by state, so your vote likely made a difference in how many delegates he got.