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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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In the US Republican primary debate, moderators ask for a show of hands of how many candidates believe in human-caused climate change. Not a single candidate raises their hand. (twitter.com)
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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Admitting being wrong is weak and unmanly.

These are the same people who buy massive trucks and hang "balls" on them to out-manly the next guy.

These are the same people who beat their sons when they see them "crying like a woman".

These are people who would rather see their children's friends shot at school than admit that maybe they have an unhealthy relationship with guns.

Toxic masculine stupidity.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Ironic that the only people who view admitting wrong as weak are weaklings.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny you should see it as masculine stupidity when the rest of us see it as infantile stupidity

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude, if the shoe fits...

Infantile is throwing tantrums like that orange idiot in the USA.

Toxic masculinity is throwing your weight around so everyone know how "big" you are.

It is not rocket science.

Nice appeal to authority there: who exactly is the "rest of us"? At the moment it's just you.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I, too, view what they're doing as infantile, so there's that

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An entirely valid opinion, voiced in a manner that in no way attempts to invalidate my opinion.

Thank you.