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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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Trump energy chief says there are upsides to ecological collapse | Seven Democrats voted to confirm this man. Seven! (heated.world)
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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 64 points 3 days ago (14 children)

There are upsides.... humanity kills themselves and earth will recover eventually.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Or to our wealthy overlords ... it will kill off the "surplus population" and leave more room and resources for them.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

But there will be fewer of us to collect, process, and deliver those resources. This means that those of us who are left will be able to command higher wages and better working conditions. (Not high or better enough, mind you, but higher and better.)

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago

Ask the Irish about that.

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