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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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[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You will never be able to get the person at the top. So you just have to get rid of all the mosquitoes one by one. While it does seem like there are a lot of them, nothing is infinite. If enough of the mosquitoes feel like they have a real possibility of dying, they will get the fuck out of town.

Every little bit counts if you’re not a fascist lover.

What comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Did WWII end before Hitler died? He seemed to think so given the gaping hole he put in his own head. I honestly think if Trump were to die tomorrow, very little would change. I think if he was assassinated you would see a response that would make the one to 9/11 look tame. If he'd been put in jail after Jan 6, maybe the direction of things would have changed, but I expect things will get a lot worse before they get better. As a non-American, my fervent hope is they eat themselves like a cancer and don't spread to the rest of the world. In the meantime, I'll watch my own backyard and do what little I can to stem the tide where I live.

[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Fascism is doing a great job bubbling up in Canada all by itself.

Comparing what is going on today with what happened in World War II is going to give a whole bunch of false conclusions. Sure, there are some similarities.

I think the biggest mistake that someone on the left can do is to think that The right will eventually eat themselves. That isn’t going to happen this time. Direct action is required from multiple angles, an encouraging people to be nice to fascists is supporting fascists

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca -1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Back to the false dichotomy. You can start over at the top again without me.

[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 3 points 14 hours ago

Thank you. Goodbye.