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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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[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

In the "smaller vehicles" part, great obstacles need to be overcome.

I would be content with doing only the parts that are reasonably economical and efficient:

  • produce it, store it as a compressed gas
  • if CO2 is available, convert it to methane (can be liquefied for distribution) or even bigger molecules
  • if there is demand, use it to reduce steel
  • if storage maxed (no CO2, no ore to reduce) burn it back to water in a turbine, selling electrical power when the market needs it

Economically, this would likely make ends meet - and keep hydrogen away from consumers (consumers are careless and their systems often faulty, while hydrogen is demanding and dangerous).

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

I agree, that's a reasonable plan.