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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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Vance Wiggles Out Of Saying Whether Climate Change Is Real (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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And additional CO₂ people have dumped into the atmosphere is the biggest cause:

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Also, let me shoehorn in the Mexicans real quick."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Millions of illegals!"

"Actually, the people you're referring to are legally in the United States with temporary protected status..."

"They're still here illegally because I say so, illegal illegal lalala"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They have darker skin than Vance, so he sees them as inherently criminal, irrespective of whether they've actually committed a crime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

So, Vance married a criminal? Maybe she is even an illegal by his definition.