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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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How climate change is raising your electricity bill | a case study of Texas' electricity market (www.theclimatebrink.com)
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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I dont think you could find a European country, especially a northern European country, that has A/C equivalent to Texas for a comparison

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Where I live in the UK you normally only see a few days where it pushes around 30°c or so. AC doesn't really seem worth bothering with due to the cost of it but some kind of improvised cooling would be nice. I was thinking of making an arse cooler with a hose pipe, pump and bucket of water with ice in it.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well no, that was what I meant, I would like to see whether rising temperatures lead to increased energy demands in other climates. Or if it would actually lead to reduced demands due to milder winters and less AC usage.

Its definitely a trend I see a lot in renewable energy circles, study how things are in southern California or Texas and then draw conclusions and policy prescriptions from that without considering other climates.