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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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For LNG, the Moment of Truth Is Now | decisions made in the next 6 months will determine what the world looks like in 50 years (drilled.media)
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[โ€“] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Welp, might as well put us down for "worst case scenario".

[โ€“] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 months ago

Not necessarily. LNG prices have been falling to pretty much 2020 levels. So less profit. The other factor is consumers. The big ones are Japan, China, EU and South Korea. The EU has falling gas and LNG demand. China does not want to be depended on US LNG. Japans natural gas consumption has decreased every year but 2017, since 2014. For South Korea it looks like gas consumption might also fall.

So there is reason for hope.