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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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Can Carbon Capture Live Up to the Hype? (www.nytimes.com)
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It's worth noting that carbon capture will be at best a tiny and expensive part of what needs to happen, and that much of the hype is coming from T Brand Studios, the marketing arm of the New York Times.

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[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

No. Carbon capture is greenwashing.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

no

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

Carbon capture at the source should be mandatory. And even then, it depends what they are doing with this CO2. I just learned the other day they are pumping it into the ground to extract more oil... And any other form of capture is pure green washing. We need to reduce production and restore biodiversity.

[–] ananas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

According to nearly each and every climate scientist: No.

According to every IPCC report so far: No.

According to fossil fuel lobby: You bet!

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

nope, but it is better than nothing. We should push for more tho