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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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[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It's still somewhat unclear how effective CCS will be but it's definitely showing promise. We already have a couple active in my State and the world's largest one, Project Bison ,is currently being built here.

If you are curious CarbonCapture's DAC will initially be powered by a mix of Natural Gas and Wind Power but will transition to full Solar & Wind power as it becomes available. We're also building the nation's largest Wind Farm, and one of the largest in the world, which will speed the transition and allow for future expansion.

I know that BigOil get's a lot of well deserved hate but try to keep an open mind with CCS, in the end it's the only practical way we can currently sequester all of the CO2 we dumped into the atmosphere over the last 200 years of coal burning.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...in the end it’s the only practical way we can currently sequester all of the CO2 we dumped into the atmosphere over the last 200 years of coal burning.

And that's why it's unrealistic. That's a lot. And it's not only in the air, it's in the oceans, too. The scale at which CCS needs to work is...honestly almost impossible for me to wrap my head around.

Not to mention, oil companies use CCS to justify their business model. Because, if you can remove CO2 in the atmosphere, why not dump more?

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The scale at which CCS needs to work is…honestly almost impossible for me to wrap my head around.

Me too. The amount of CO2 that needs to be captured and sequestered is so enormous that it boggles the mind. Still, everything helps and the best time to start is now.

Because, if you can remove CO2 in the atmosphere, why not dump more?

I'm not supportive of this line of thinking unless we can reliably capture at least 500% of yearly global CO2 emissions. There's some future merit to their argument but not right now.

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