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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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New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas (www.carbonbrief.org)
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[–] aarRJaay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll look forward to seeing that reflected in my energy bill. Hahahaha

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Why all energy costs are still tied to gas is beyond me.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Comparison is sadly not that good. Comparing cost per kWh is not great. Gas is instant power anywhere and solar is power generation if the sun shines. I'm massively pro solar, but without buffering ("storing") the power and its actual cost, this is just not accurate.