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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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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

However, the government indicated to the Guardian that it would continue to push hydrogen for home heating, and the body that represents most of the heating industry also vowed to continue to pursue it

If the tory government, and big oil industry, are pushing for something specific, then I assume its a terrible idea and is being used as a distraction. This reads to me as a way for them to distract from other viable options and grind the change away from fossil fuels to a halt

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll use gas until they switch it off.

The astronomical price of heat pumps isn't something that should be put on the average homeowner, when a gas boiler is less than a grand.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

A lot of countries have subsidized the switch, causing it to make economic sense for people to make the jump. At one point, Italy was paying 110% of the cost

[–] Tschuuuls@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Panasonic makes ones for ~4k€. Also ac units are heatpumps, if your house pipe work isn't up to the task.