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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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How extreme heat will disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I honestly do not believe that harming millions of poor people was the plan. It was mainly a know site effect, which was accepeted by the rich.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Going forward with a known side effect that disproportionately affects the poor is one thing, spending billions of dollars over decades to spread disinformation and convince people that isn't the case is another.

Not sure what makes you believe this wasn't the plan

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"The plan" implies the main intention was to harm people and not to make a lot of money and Atlas shrug their way out of resonsbility.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

The goal was to make money, the plan was to screw the average person to keep it going.