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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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[–] Nicenightforawalk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m about to read the article but commenting first to take a guess somehow nestlé is involved

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what humans use PAILS in comparisson to what the animals we eat use. Stop eating animals!

[–] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can understand why you’re getting downvoted. People don’t want to stop eating animals. I know I don’t. But we really should. You’re right, it’s horrible for the planet. I for one am looking forward to the lab grown meat future.

[–] mrpants@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why even lab grown? I've eaten burgers from vegan shops that I prefer to meat ones. They're meatier and tastier than every other meat based burger in their price range.

Of course not every restaurant is this good yet but I have a feeling it'll outpace the rate of lab grown meat availability.

Why even lab grown? Because people will not give up meat. Humans want fat and muscle protein without the cruelty and waste.
I’m all for vegan options as well. I love me a well made vegan burger.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is the way humans have always been and it is not just the USA. I will be dead before the worst affects hit is the justification many think but few are willing to express. Around the world ground water is being used at rates that are thousands of time faster than replenishment.

When the water runs out, mass starvation will soon begin.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or a big drop in animal agriculture and biofuels

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That will also happen but it will not stop the hunger.

Food exports will dry up as countries hold their food for their own people (See: India's ban on rice exports) and the countries that cannot feed their own populations will implode.

The Arab spring started as protests over a jump in food prices.