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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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Texas Republicans Target Climate Science in Textbooks Ahead of Education Board Vote (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alex Jones literally believes this. He says it's our duty to pump as much carbon in to the air as possible and that oil and "clean" coal are how we are supposed to do it.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw a video with a redneck looking guy next to a huge truck that said god put all of it for us and we have to use it all for jesus to come back.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's some fundie sects that think it's our job to bring about Armageddon. The idea is that Jesus won't come back until the world is practically unlivable...you know, so he can swoop in and save the day at the last minute, or whatever.

[–] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

See also: the original Dead Zone film. "The missiles are flying Mr. President. Hallelujah!"