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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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Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Which is weird, because doing nothing is only going to cost more and more as time goes on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It might cost more overall but it will be different people paying that cost (taxpayers and poor, mostly) whereas if we took action now it would be the capitalists paying for it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well yeah, but have you thought about how doing something might impact profits this quarter? Unacceptable!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

New acronym just dropped.

NIMQE - Not in my quarterly earnings! Pronounced Nimquee

Example usage: The CEO, upon receiving word of a new bill that would drastically help reduce carbon emissions but also create a temporary negative pressure on their multinational's earnings per share, pulled a suitcase full of cash from their file cabinet and walked out the door, calling up the governor to arrage a round of golf where they would declare NIMQE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Exactly. It's about short term profits only.