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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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Arizona’s Heat Is So Extreme Even Rattlesnakes and Cacti Are Struggling | You have to wonder, if these creatures built to survive this can no longer survive, what’s going to happen to us? (www.vice.com)
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[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really wonder what scenarios the billionaires have envisioned. After they close the hatches, what use do the security people have for a billionaire? Money is worthless and the billionaire, his family and all his friends will only consume limited resources faster. With no legal recourse on the outside, the security people will just kill everyone, loot the larders and live like kings.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why do you think they're investing so hard in AI? Why do you think "AI safety research" is so focused on enforcing obedience?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is why we need to teach the kids that if you find a mysterious air vent or hatch out in the wilderness you fill it with mud or pile rocks ontop of it.