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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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Oil and gas industry needs to let go of carbon capture as solution to climate change, IEA says (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] Paragone 2 points 11 months ago

Reduce, Reuse, last Recycle, right?

Reduction is supposed to be 1st, as it's the most effective.

Carbon-capture development burns fossil fuels, then slightly-reduces the emissions...

It is a red herring.

Necessary, for those small cases where fossil fuels need to remain ( but unworkable, for, say, long-haul jets, or long-haul trucks in cold climates, or the ability to cook in remote & cold places with no sun.. )

Junkies, especially corporate junkies .. tend to comply only when forced to do so.

Addiction is simply so completely beyond reason's reach, that pretending that reason is going to sway people in time is .. itself delusion.