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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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Tire wear and tear revealed as a major contributor to waterway pollution (newatlas.com)
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03949

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[–] Girru00@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"There is no viable alternative to a car when it is 20 below and you have to drive 30 min to get to work."

Perhaps theres a solution buried in there. Organize society so were not burning our lifespan and the planet unecessarily commuting.

"There is no viable alternative to a car when it is 20 below and you have to drive 30 min to get to work.

Bus, train.

"What we can stop doing is proposing no alternative"

Bus, train, walkable cities, remote work, increased automation and reduced labour reducing commute requirements, production near consumption to reduce freight, tackling international economic inequities so it isnt cheaper to make a widget accross the world at poverty wages and ship it to those who live on the other side to buy within the means of their poverty wages - purchasing low quality quickly broken widgets that need consistent replacement and therefore further freight for that consistent supply.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This all means higher taxes to fund it all.
Good luck starting that initiative.

[–] pedalmore@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're missing the point. Infrastructure costs money.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And cars require far more infrastructure than any other option…

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Already paid for.

Again I can't tell if you simply don't get it or are intentionally obtuse in bad faith.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And currently needs trillions of dollars of maintenance.

If anyone is arguing in bad faith, it’s you

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The highways are already there. They don't need to be created. What are u talking about. U don't understand what bad faith means obviously...lol

Yes they need to be maintained. Everything does.