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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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[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

bingo. to those accustomed to a lifetime of privilege, equality feels like oppression.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 17 hours ago

I wonder if it feels like violence to them, to risk losing access to their private jet.

What an unimaginable point of view. I can only try to understand it in terms of my own privilege, like if someone said I couldn't use the internet or loan books anymore...

Is it possible to fix these people? Like, can they be shown that life is actually better if they give up a little?