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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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A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy (www.nytimes.com)
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Needless to say, this is not a strategy for stabilizing the temperature, but for making things worse.

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[โ€“] bikesarethefuture@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think democrats are much better? Not seen many measures from them to stop car obsession in the US...๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] silence7 3 points 1 year ago

Yes actually - the Inflation Reduction Act was designed as a decarbonization bill. It needed the votes of Manchin and Sinema (who are in the pocket of the fossil fuels industry) to pass, so it aims for vehicle electrification, and is carrots-only. Get them the kind of super-majority with a few votes to spare, and we'd see a real policy change.