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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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The Trump budget proposes $0 for climate research in 2026 (www.commerce.gov)
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[–] axx@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

I'm not from the US mate. I'm just pointing out pretty obvious issues that maybe are easier to see from the outside.

But saying that if one didn't vote one voted for this is simply nonsensical. So people who didn't vote for Biden voted for Biden? Or did they vote for Stein? This is just playing with numbers and wishful thinking, conditioned by a two party system.

Also, I don't think it really matters, but I have voted in recent national elections to try and stop the shitbirds from getting to power where I can vote. (They got to power.) But I respect those who refuse to vote, or can't because the system is messed up and biased against them (voting on a Tuesday? How do you accept that shit?). You can't realistically blame people for not voting if you system doesn't even properly represent the "none of the above" option. That's just a messed up voting system.

Also if you think that's a "wall of text", I'm slightly concerned.