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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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Taylor Swift's love story with Travis Kelce generates 138 TONS of CO2 in 3 months (www.thenews.com.pk)
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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would honestly rather spend two weeks in the bilge of a container ship than eight hours on a plane so maybe they could do that.

[–] iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

well, there's this thing called ego; when people feel themselves like way important, they like to approach things in a more exotic/exclusive way, which only few people would have access to, to keep nurturing such ego. i wouldn't really like to spend my journey in the bilge of a ship, but i get your point and upon which i agree: commuting in all its forms sucks

[–] imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gotta admit, bilge of a container ship is pretty fucking exclusive...

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Just me and the rats