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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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[–] vanderstilt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And who exactly did oil companies sell their oil to? That's right. We. The stuff we buy the miles we travel the lives we live collectively are what creates greenhouse gas emissions. Can't blame an oil company for wanting to heat your home in winter or cool it in summer.

[–] Sused@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Big oil companies witheld critical data on impact of fossil fuels on climate change. Source

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if there are any greener alternatives to oil that can be provided by the companies that currently use oil? Perhaps ones that might incur a bit of a hit to those company's profits? And that hit to profits being the only reason those company's havent shifted to the greener alternatives?

But no. Its my fault that i have no choice but to fill up my shitty diesel engine to get to work. Because i can definitely swap to a bicycle to make me already 40 minute at 60mph commute...

[–] vanderstilt@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not your fault. It's no one's fault. We're all out here living our lives with the hands we've been dealt. I'm only pushing back on the feel good take of "80 companies responsible for most emissions" or whatever the stat is. It's a blatant attempt to deflect feeling any kind of responsibility or agency or having played a part at all. We all do what we do, and we'll feel the consequences collectively.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My whole comment was sarcasm. I k ow its not my fault. I have contributes and i wish i had a way to not do that. But this is the world we live in. If big companies were so profit driven then we would already be alot greener and the planet wouldnt be spiralling into heat death.

[–] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

What's the alternative? I am genuinely curious. It's not exactly by choice that I can't afford an EV, ignoring the fact that my city does not the infrastructure to support EVs...