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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

Trudeau deserves all the grilling. He’s made promises over promises about curbing emissions all the while pushing for petrol in practice. He’s losing popularity fast domestically too -- but the conservatives are picking up steam to replace him at the next election. Those ones don’t even pretend to care.

[–] charliespider@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oil is one of the greatest natural resources we have and we will always need oil, we just need to STOP BURNING IT FFS

[–] penguin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We won't always need it. It'll run out eventually so it has to be replaced at some point. Even if you ignore the climate change part.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it was restricted to use in necessary cases such as sterile packaging of medical tools, it would last so long as to be effectively forever. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of years.

[–] charliespider@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes medical equipment is the primary use that comes to mind for me.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The world needs to collectively come to the conclusion that politicians are not going to do a single meaningful thing to help curb the climate crisis. It’s not in their interests to ditch fossil fuels or make any strides that reduce power or income.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope they used clean propane to run that grill

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not that bastard has, butane. I tell you whut.

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

EVERY LEADER IN THE WORLD needs grilling. They need the balls to say "NO" to money in politics and be held accountable if they don't.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

What was it again. USA, Canada, Norway and the UK making up over half the worlds new emissions in gas and oil drilling. I mean none of them really need the money or even the energy.