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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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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol that’s not “moving the goalposts,” that’s discussing an amorphous impression being relative. Because it is. Emotions are relative. I can’t believe I’m having to explain that. And expressions are relative. When you’re anxious at home, you pace, maybe cry, try to shake your arms to let out your anxious energy. If you’re on stage, waiting to give a presentation in front of an auditorium full of people and you’re anxious, you’re sitting there, trying to remain outwardly composed, but you’re probably looking around, fidgeting, all while trying to remain presentable.

So you’re saying the latter can’t be anxious because they’re not pacing around, crying?

Absolutely ridiculous logic.

[–] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you’re saying the latter can’t be anxious because they’re not pacing around, crying?

I'm not saying that.

Absolutely ridiculous logic.

Indeed.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

So you’re not making any other point because you realized you’re wrong now, right? Because if you realized the latter can be anxious while not showing the same signs as the person in private, you’re basically saying an anchor can be panicked by showing the much more subtle signs I pointed out before. And that’s the entire point of the conversation.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So you’re not making any other point because you realized you’re wrong now, right?

No.