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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

With the working class in power, we could take the vast wealth of society and use it to satisfy human needs, in harmony with the environment. We could construct infrastructure for public transportation, investing in the most efficient and clean way to move people. We could carry out a mass reforestation campaign to restore the planet’s ability to sequester CO2. We could prioritize green energy sources and transition away from oil and gas with no job losses. 

The working class could decide what to produce based on the materials required, how energy intensive it is, what the waste product is, and how it best serves our needs. Instead of making decisions based on profit, these decisions could be made democratically and rationally. 

The only way to save the planet is to take the wealth and control out of the hands of the billionaires. This is what Communists fight for.