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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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Biden administration sets 50 miles per gallon fuel economy standard for 2031 | The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles (wapo.st)
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[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

American's will literally do anything but build public transportation.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

Taking cars off the road by reducing vehicle reliance seems like such a cost-effective solution that we just don’t want to consider.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Either way, you want the people who will not convert to public transportation to use more efficient cars, so it's not a bad thing.

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The country is just too big for that to happen everywhere. It would be immensely helpful in some cities and it's disappointing that it's being neglected.