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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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Climate Is Now a US Culture War Issue (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] perestroika@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you make something a matter of identity, facts don't matter much any more - it's about "us" versus "them".

If I was someone with a vested interest in sabotaging the process (of transitioning off fossil fuels), I would try to make their consumption part of someone's identity. It seems to follow that to move ahead smoother, the matter has to be dis-associated from identity somehow. I'm not competent in psychology, so I cannot guess how.

[โ€“] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Arrest Dennis Praeger, Rupert Murdoch etc.

The insanity doesn't come from nowhere and is not self sustaining.