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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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This TikTok Chef Wants You to Ditch Your Gas Stove (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right. Here in California PG&E is ripping us off for electricity more and more every year. I am absolutely not going to trap myself into using only electricity, trapping me in their monopoly.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

PG&E supplies both the gas and the electricity. You're locked into dealing with them no matter which one you use (with the exception of rural areas using propane)

California has expensive electricity because of a deal made decades ago to ensure utility profits stayed high as state-level efficiency mandates kicked in. I expect that deal to be revisited as we shift towards full electrification of space heating.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

I have tanks filled with kerosene and propane for my gas appliances. But for a lot of CA you're right.

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Socal gas is my gas provider and pge is my electricity provider

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, some parts of southern California are like that; the rest of the state is all PG&E for both except a few municipal utilities