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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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California regulators cut incentives for rooftop solar even further (www.canarymedia.com)
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[โ€“] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Republicans are a danger to the human race. Why is this shit allowed to continue?

[โ€“] silence7 19 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, the California Public Utilities Commission consists entirely ofDemocratic appointees

It takes more than just electing Democrats to win, even when that's a necessary precondition for a positive outcome.