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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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Trump is desperate for more energy, as long as it’s not from the wind (wapo.st)
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[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay then... Thorium Molten Salt reactors or other nuclear fusion OR fision is better than coal.

Build them instead if you're truly decicated to being a fascist (talking to trump) about this.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile, the Republican plan is to get rid of the subsidies for nuclear to give tax cuts to billionaires:

Repeal Title I of IRA ( Excluding: 45Q Carbon Sequestration, 45U Nuclear Power, 45Z Clean Fuels, and EV Tax Credit)

$404.7 billion in 10-year savings

VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW

• Reducing 45Q, 45U, and 45Z would streamline and reduce government intervention in the energy industry that props up the green energy sector and distorts market competition .