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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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Solar power surpasses coal as EU energy source (www.dw.com)
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[–] Lugh 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The report highlighted a continued decline in fossil fuel dependency, with gas generation falling for the fifth consecutive year and overall fossil-fueled power dropping to a historic low of 29%.

Even when Russia makes it back to international markets with their natural gas, no one in Europe is going to want it.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

It always depends on the price.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

LNG is expensive. If Russia is selling gas to the EU again, it would have a decent time pushing out US LNG sales. A lot of gas is used outside of power generation, so consumption is not going to drop overnight.