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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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[–] zoe@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Taylor Swift is not climate friendly, so are a lot of pop singers: very energy intensive ..

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why you're downvoted. For the Eras tour it took an entourage of approximately 90 semi trucks just to move the concert from city to city.

[–] zoe@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nice that someone would share similar opinion. although i dont mind being downvoted, as long as someone would justify their opinion reasonably as to why they would think otherwise. i am open for debates really (when time allows ofc)..but just leaving a random downvote is not really convincing..

[–] CadeJohnson 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have heard this, and I can imagine it is true, but have you seen any analysis? There must be a large crew traveling and lots of equipment - transportation is a big user of petroleum in general -- for entertainment. Though they say the entertainment is good.

[–] zoe@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

exactly. but oil is heavily subsidized and costs money to extract and refine, and mass produced enough to be affordable, making concert tours cost nothing, but it causes a big damage otherwise. how about make half the number of tours ? that would be a good start. or make an onlyfan equivalent, for singers ? sound idea if u ask me

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

You think online viewing at home will be appreciated by people who want to go to a concert as much as an in person concert?

People entertaining themselves and going to social events is not a moral failing. It's not the thing that needs addressing.

The production company for a touring live entertainment event can find ways to reduce their production of carbon emissions. It would be easier for them to do so if carbon emissions would be priced in line with the costs they create.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's just stay inside our homes our whole lives!

[–] zoe@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

better fund energy transition and you'r welcome touring how much u want, but just dont act like a hypocrite and show false solidarity. but americans are in a whole realm of its own. sometimes i wonder to myself that americans deserve their lot sometime, also while fucking up the rest of the world in the process

[–] iraq_lobster -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

in fact thats kinda hypocrite: if she really wants to show solidarity, she's ought to quit singing, but i doubt she has enough spine to give up the kind of income involved

[–] AEMarling 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The climate crisis ruins everything.

[–] Konlanx@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The stuff leading to the climate crisis ruins everything. The climate crisis itself is amazing and forces us to think about better solutions.

I really hope it leads to less cars, less pollution, more connection to nature and more human conditions everywhere.

I want a solution for the cause, which is fossil fuels, meat consumption (consumerism in general) and pollution. Even without the climate crisis we are experiencing now it would be great to have less of all of that.

[–] Resonanz 4 points 1 year ago

Man, these last days we have been cooked alive in Rio. The thermal sense is unbearable. Good thing rain just arrived, but I can't even imagine how hot that concert should have been. To say the truth, I'm surprised no more people died of heat over there.