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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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Germany’s climate U-turn is the worst possible response to the oil shock | Prices at the pump have leapt since the start of the conflict – but clinging to fossil fuels will only prolong the pain (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

they're famously cheap to build, operate and maintain

Germans are an interesting breed. They see countries with way cheaper electricity production costs than them, and think, "yeah, nuclear must be more expensive".

if we only start yelling at the right people.

That's what we're doing. Like it or not, there cannot be a strong EU as long as Germans keep electing people like Merz. Tired of the Deutschland Hass? Get these nukes out of Ramstein

[–] parson0@startrek.website 0 points 1 hour ago

You're yelling at me, I don't represent the German government nor did I ever vote for anyone involved. Quite the contrary. I don't like nuclear for reasons already outlined, you can look up the number yourself to disprove your feelings.