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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 Sharply Scales Back Fuel Economy Rules for New Cars | The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

And ofc trucks and SUVs are exempt completely from even the new lowered standard

[–] AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

They gonna get our money unless we burn them down first

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Gas is $6/gallon here, does captain shit for brains really think anyone wants a truck that gets 4 MPG?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The oil executives who bribed him have wet dreams about 4mpg trucks and $10 gas happening at the same time

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

let’s remember how well that worked in the ’70s

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You think Americans (or anyone else) are looking to buy gas guzzlers right now?

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

I mean I think they are dumb as shit. So yeah