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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To put this number in context: I live about a mile from a gas station where the driver of a gasoline truck with a capacity of 8000 gallons decided to dump 4700 of those gallons into a ditch behind the station because he felt like going home and didn't want to go on to the other stations he was scheduled to deliver it to. For bonus points, this ditch was between the gas station and an elementary school.

So not to excuse this, but 3500 gallons is not quite Exxon Valdez or Deepwater Horizon territory.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Whoops: either I fucked up or the AP updated. 3500 barrels of oil. 147,000 gallons (556,455L)

Just under a quarter of an Olympic pool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

OK that's a bit more than my local idiot (who went to jail for it, BTW - unlike any oil company executives, ever).