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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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:

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Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues | A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas (www.pewresearch.org)

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[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Oh, but woe is us, what will happen to the renewables when there's like a slight breeze or the sun goes down for 5 minutes? Mass power outages all around the world! It will be a DISASTER!!!

Surely the only form of reliable energy we have are fossil fuels. Burn that coal and pump that oil baby!

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