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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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Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 1 day ago

And we as society allow that? This ks crazy shit, i hope countries start to do something

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Texas ... the state that wanted to have its own energy grid separate from the rest of us ... is going to have private grids that will serve data centers better than Texas utilities serve their humans.

Minus five points, Texas Rangers.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

There seems to be no regulation on these whatsoever. The ones powering Colossus data center in Memphis are pouring out toxic chemicals into the atmosphere at an alarming rate. Many of the locals are sick from it yet nothing is done. Interesting that DOGE targeted the EPA so heavily in the initial weeks of this admin.