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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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Can Everyone Eat Climate-Friendly? I Shopped at the Dollar Store to Find Out. (www.yesmagazine.org)
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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This highlights part of the problem of how expensive it is to be poor. When youre living paycheck to paycheck, the thought of buying anything in bulk can be so daunting. Sure, you can get a months worth of food at Costco for $100, but when there's $50 left in your bank account, $30 at the dollar store will get you through until the next paycheck, then the cycle repeats...

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

and we’re right back to the Vimes’ Boots Theory