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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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BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Almost all carbon credits are a scam.

There is an answer: just tax CO2 emissions. Like, a lot. The problem is that it will take a foundational shift in US politics for that to be an acceptable answer, and we don't have time (negative time more or less) to do that. And so, a whole fuck of a lot of people are going to die and a fuck of a lot of the planet is going to become unlivable. Like, not that long from now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm a big fan of reform over pure punishment....

But I've already got a guillotine ready, these fucks are past reform or repayment, and just need to be disposed of, in an environmentally friendly way.

Nobody calls a surgeon a "butcher" for "disfiguring" a person when they cut away diseased, cancerous flesh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Another important facet to that scam that isn't been discussed too much: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809859768388854139.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Carbon offsetting is a greenwashing scam. You can claim to have done something without actually having to have done someting. Last Week Tonight covered this topic in one of their episodes.