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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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Great timing and phrasing. "Be slow about slop development ooor.. Burn everyone and everything!"

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

At least it’s a simple choice.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What I find interesting is that a lot of these changes which are attributed to the purportedly "inevitable" changes associated with AI, are real consequences of climate change.

  • loss of employment? Check.
  • profound change to living conditions? Check.
  • threathening the continuity of human civilization? Check.
  • threathening the capability to compete on national scales if the change is not reponded to swiftly by governments? Check.
  • Correlated with obscene amounts of wealth concentration, impoverishing the huge majority of people, and disintegrating societies? Check.

It's as if AI is used as a distraction. Like the "accusation in a mirror pattern".

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good timing when most of the Europe is literally burning in heat. Data centers, of course 🙃

[–] alavar@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AI craze in "Europe" (not all Europe) is another example of some people blindly following USA for no real reasons. There is political fight right now and we have to decide whether we will forge our own better destiny or fall prey to American ruling class of tech bros, billionaires and conservatives who are their executive branch.

[–] alavar@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

corporateeurope.org/sites/default/files/2026-03/REPORT_CORPORATE%20CAPTURE.pdf If anyone is interested in more in depth information

[–] inari@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Not a difficult choice by any means

[–] xyro@morbier.foo 3 points 1 week ago

Climate or progress, false dilemma fallacy

[–] DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Probably best to post a removepaywalls.com/ link. I wouldn't want to support the bastards at Axel Springer.

[–] jesterchen@social.tchncs.de -2 points 1 week ago

@HaraldvonBlauzahn yeah, #techfacism. #aisects. How can this be a choice?! Fucking greedy billionaires!