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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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Rooftop Solar Is a Miracle. Why Are We Killing It With Red Tape? Trump wants to end solar power—and too many blue states are helping. (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] DesertCreosote@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only if you’re in a place that lets you do it DIY. My county does not allow me to do any solar on my own, whether it’s tied to the grid or not. If I could do what you’re suggesting and hire a roofer to install the brackets, then install the panels myself and just hire an electrician to finish tying the wiring into my panel, I would do that in a heartbeat.

You’re absolutely correct in saying people can save a ton of money with DIY, but people also need to check their local laws and make sure they’re able to do that.

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Grid tie i fully understand being regulated heavily but man i wish i could punch and then bury alive any officials that regulated offgrid self consumption. Like fuck off its basically just a larger version of those computer battery backups you can get at bestbuy lol. Or better it's just a larger jackery battery and solar, they gonna fucking regulate those too? We can't have people being self sufficient that would be just awful

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Or better it's just a larger jackery battery and solar, they gonna fucking regulate those too?

If they catch you using it to be self-sufficient instead of paying the electrical company? You bet your ass they will