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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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Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out Six Billion People (thetyee.ca)
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[–] lowleekun@ani.social 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

I mean that kinda deflects from the fact that it is only a handful of big industries and our artificial "need" for infinite growth that not only kills us, but a majority of life. Meanwhile, best we can do is participate "critically". Thanks, i hate it.

Edit: I just checked and the 10 biggest oil and gas-companies have a market share of $3600 Billion. When have last talked about destroying these companies that have evidently fucked us hard. It honestly is a crime that no one shoots their CEOs on a daily bases.

[–] chaosCruiser 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I guess one thing we can do is document the causes of our demise so that maybe the post apocalyptic historians can warn the survivors.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Were warning everyone right now with the most sophisticated communication network ever imagined and it's doing fuck all.

[–] chaosCruiser 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As far as sci-fi literature is concerned, religious cults could be a “solution“. Just look how WH40k and Dune approach AI. Also, those cults solved one problem, but caused a long list of new problems, so…

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