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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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[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently not decent health care and quality of life though.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Speak for yourself. As a disabled veteran, my healthcare is covered, just not my wife and kids', just yet. Socialism has actually been alive and well for certain swaths of the US population for a long time, just like the "socialism" that Hitler wanted for Germany ... and now I'm back to thinking I should move my family off of this sinking ship.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice job if you can get it.

And yes, that would be a good plan.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a regular job(for the moment; Seem to have hit upon a reasonable medication/therapy/routine regimen that allows for that, if not a sound state of mind). Doesn't take a disability rating that pays much of anything to get the Healthcare coverage.

That said, there are plenty of countries where I, maybe even my family, could live off what I get from the VA. I'm not looking to retire yet though.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like you’re all set. One of the few. Glad you’re physically feeling well enough to work.

And for what it’s worth, thanks for your service.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's all in my head, yo. Physically, I'm "strong as an ox". Didn't help me avoid SA from peers I had considered friends.

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

Too many people don’t take mental health seriously. I think we know where that gets us. Look around! Haha. 😅