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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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Most Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stoves (grist.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is a lot of tall about everyone replacing their stoves but it's expensive and really not needed. You can do 90% of your meals with counter top appliances and be good to go.

We have the following: portable induction cooktop top, 6 and 3 qt instapot, 5qt air fryer, and electric hot water kettle. These devices are used nearly everyday and if we need to use the gas stove we do, but it's pretty rare.

When the kitchen is renovated, an induction stove will be purchased, but for the last 5 years our counter top chefs have been great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I bought a replacement induction cooktop last year and it's an absolute game changer, but we went from an old crappy electric cooktop that was just awful.