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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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‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Well, just tax them at 99%

Lots of problems solved..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

You really could. They have a personal wealth that rivals some nations GDP. Paying almost every penny they make in profit to maintain that level of privilege is fine by me.

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

I for one would be all for a wealth cap for all beings considered people

This would ALSO include companies if they want to continue with the being people thing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Curse them to a life of normal levels of phenomenal wealth! Justice! /s