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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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Electricity From Coal Is Pricey. Should Consumers Have to Pay? Environmental groups are making a new economic argument against coal, the heaviest polluting fossil fuel. Some regulators are listening. (www.nytimes.com)
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This economic argument has been a key part of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign since around 2010.

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[–] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Consumers shouldn’t have to pay because it disproportionately impacts people who live below the poverty line. Rich people and companies won’t care but people in poverty, with no means to move of affect change, get absolutely fucked.

Companies should be paying for it, because they are the ones that use the vast majority and profit from it. Normal people don’t profit from this shit.

Anything that negatively impacts the end consumer and not the company who dictates these things to the consumer..? Is wrong. End of.