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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yet all you've done is complain. Also crazily enough, many of the things he said above can be put to scale.

I think we would all love to see your grandiose ideas and plans to help better humanity, or is your only plan to dissuade everyone from doing anything, so that you don't feel guilty for doing fuck-all?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nothing you, or anyone else, write here matters. Nobody here will be a driver for change. Nobody here will introduce any change to how the world works. Great job assuming people have main character syndrome like you and have "grandiose ideas and plans to better humanity". You aren't "doing something" by arguing on a niche forum and throwing one-liners. None of your "plans" will be enacted.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nothing you do may matter, but you are far from the only representation of this website.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not one person on this website will change anything. And that's a fact. It's actually funny how you think there is some sort of messiah here that will become president or whatever. Won't happen. A single company doing it won't bring about change either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No single drop of water considers itself responsible for the flood.

Your defeatist attitude rises to troll levels. None of your piss and vinegar will fill the hole in your heart you are desperately trying to fill.

Does being radioactive in anonymous forums give you a sense of power? Kinda sad. I hope whatever is hurting you in life gives you some relief, you seem miserable.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

When losing the debate, resort to ad hominems. Good job buddy!