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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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Memo to Joe: Fight a Climate Election (billmckibben.substack.com)
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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't buy up or collude with Chinese competition, since they're producing it for their own use rather than profit.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

... you don't actually believe that, do you? Cause they can 100% go all in on Chinese corporations if it means they get that cashola.

And if you think Chinese companies aren't in it for the money themselves... I'd love to meet your dealer cause you must be on some fantastic shit.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Cause they can 100% go all in on Chinese corporations if it means they get that cashola.

What does this even mean? They can't form an oligopoly with them, signalling to them to raise prices/cut production to collectively increase profits in the American market like American corporations do.

And if you think Chinese companies aren’t in it for the money themselves

I mean they are, but the big companies also have quotas they have to meet, defined in the 5 year plans, and the gov't is more than willing to shake down the owners/executives if they're too profitable or not productive enough.