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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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More people care about climate change than you think | The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share. (ourworldindata.org)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Could be mass apathy due to the capitalist oligarchies we live in...

I know I sure as hell would be doing a whole lot more in my day to day life if I actually believed it would make a difference and the rest of society were pulling their weight, and I'm probably in the top 1% of people who actually give a shit — but I see the way my family and friends act. None of these people are malicious and uncaring. They're just ignorant and caught up in the busy daily grind of their lives.

What's the point in slowing the freight train by 0.00000001%, when you know it's going off the cliff no matter what?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Please tell me how capitalism is the cause for people not giving a shit...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I make a dollar boss makes a dime, I recycle and compost boss flys on a private jet every time. (rhyming is hard)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Again, how is that an issue with capitalism, all forms of economics have winners and losers. This isn't about capitalism, consumerism sure, but not how our shit is made/traded.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Powerlessness