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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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UK Reform Deputy Leader Tice ‘Fundamentally’ Rejects Climate Science (www.bloomberg.com)
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In an extensive interview about climate change and energy policy, Richard Tice dismissed the threat of global warming and doubled down on fossil fuels.

The interview is here

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[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

They definitely change their position based on new information. Nuclear power went from desirable to undesirable when it went from nuclear weapons manufacturing to competition with fossil fuels. Climate change went from a future problem to a non-existent problem. Mass migration went from a necessity to do work locals didn't want to do to the end of western civilization.

They always tell the most convenient lie to increase the power of the elite and break the power of the working class, and as that changes their position changes.

Conservatives are principled people. They believe whole-heartedly that hierarchy is justice. That some should suffer and work hard and others prosper and work little, and they are willing to be the ones that suffer if need be.