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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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Electric car registrations ahead of petrol models in Germany (www.cleanenergywire.org)
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Summary: Sales of pure Electric cars have overtaken sales of purely petrol cars in Germany in March, following incentives and oil crisis

Pure electric car registrations in Germany rose 66% year-on-year in March to nearly 71,000 units, pushing their market share to 24% and edging ahead of petrol cars, which fell 5% to 67,000 (a 23% share). The milestone reflects two concurrent drivers: a new government subsidy programme targeting lower-income buyers launched at the start of 2026, and a sharp oil price spike driven by the Iran war that has significantly boosted consumer interest in EVs โ€” though that demand will take months to fully show up in registration data given delivery wait times.

Hybrids dominated overall with a 40% share (~118,000 units, up 16%), while diesel continued its decline to ~38,000 units (13% share). Private car purchases grew particularly strongly, trimming the company car share to 65%. Tesla staged a notable recovery โ€” sales more than quadrupled to over 9,000 after price cuts, following the reputational hit from Elon Musk's political activities. EV sales remain well below the government's target of 15 million EVs on the road by 2030.

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