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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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[โ€“] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

Sure. Now consider the math of how many people are in the audience of one of her shows. Assume they each drive 50 miles round trip, and add that to her plane trip.

Ok now presume that she's super responsible and doesn't fly, and 1 in 4 people from all the shows she does in a year fly to HER instead for her to have 12 or 24 concerts a year (conservatively).

Comparing her to an average American for travel is pants on head stupid.