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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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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I call them what they are. 99% of the idiots driving them don't need them.

I used to be a tradie, and the laughable thing, is that most of these idiots complain about everything.

They complain about the petrol costs, when their tools get stolen out of the back of the ute its not their fault, and when they f*** up onsite, they never admit it and often won't take responsibility.

There are legit uses for utes (like plumbers often need them for water tanks or hvac). But, 50% of the people driving them onsite are better off with a van, and I have NEVER seen anyone drive a UTE/truck like a dodge RAM who had ANY legit use for it (they're always the people doing the least work).

The good news is that its only a matter of time until the bigger ones require a special license to drive

[–] Zane@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but how do you propose I take my van to Fraser Island once a year to drive over turtle nests? That ute that I claim under tax because it's for "business use only" is a necessity!

/s

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And how will people know I'm a real man without a giant vehicle displaying my fragile masculinity?