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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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‘I cannot stress too much about it’: Monaco yacht buyers shrug off climate concerns | At annual yacht show, only a handful of customers said they were troubled by vessels’ disproportionate emissions (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eco-terrorism sure does sound better and better every day.

[–] theotherone@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Trust me, right before 9/11, the government was wondering how to get EarthFirst! classified as a real terror group (especially to take eyes off of the far right groups). Timber folks were getting tired of repairing equipment and dealing with spiked trees. Be safe.

[–] concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a read. We thought the world is getting smaller as people connect with each other through social media, and yet we are worlds apart on this one. These rich people just can't fathom a life without a yacht. To them, it's not luxury, it's a necessity, just like you and I need water. No matter how much education they might have had, it's not enough to get through their thick skulls to make meaningful change with their lifestyles.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The biggest problem is if any of us grew up having access to things, or even got a cess tomorrow, we'd rationalize or ignore the issues.

Humans are very very good at "head in the sand"

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Hey orcas: These guys right here

[–] Tabs@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if these things sink.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They do, and the Orcas will solve this problem for us.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=orcas+attacking+yachts

[–] Tabs@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

We need to provide the orcas with intel and proper equipment.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its funny because seems like these could be made to be very self sufficient and you would think rich folk would want that.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

The norm seems to be going for huge diesel engines and helicopter pads rather than sails.

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

At this point you're just begging to get dolphined man. Someone teach dolphins how to use explosives.