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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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Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We really do need fewer cars in general, though. Replacing all ICE vehicles with EVs isn't good enough. EVs still need tires and plastics and roads to drive on, all of which require petroleum. We need people living in relatively dense urban areas, that are highly walkable and bikable, with robust public transportation.

[โ€“] baru@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

We need people living in relatively dense urban

Republicans are way ahead of you. Aside from dealing with EVs, they also are dealing with walkable cities in a similar way.