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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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An explanation of how renewable energy saves you money | Fossil-fuel hacks are lying about renewable energy; don't let them get away with it (www.theclimatebrink.com)
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[–] skizzles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm 100% on board with renewable energy.

There's just one problem I have right now, if I opt in (and I am opted in) to use renewable energy, I get charged more per kwh than if I were to opt out.

So while there is a lot of misinformation out there against renewables, one thing I see about it costing more has remained true, at least where I live. The power company even states that they charge you more for using renewables. Even if they frame it as being a marginal difference of a few dollars, it's still more expensive, on top of them increasing electric costs year over year.

[–] silence7 4 points 2 days ago

That's the thing — it costs the power company less to deploy them than to run their existing system. Even if they feel like charging you more, and have convinced regulators to let them do so.