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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You're justifying breaking the law just because you think the cause is good.

I promise you that this kind of protest has the exact opposite effect. Look at the comment section of any youtube video showing protests like this, and you'll see what kind of radicalization this brings.

Get a permit, and protest in a safe way where you can still be seen, but not cause inconvenience or danger. If you think the government would deny you such a permit, then I congratulate you in making news headlines and successfully getting the entire population on your side.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think if you're looking at a YouTube comment section for a rational point of view about anything, you've already lost the plot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Youtube is as Normie as you can get with the younger generation (the biggest allies of stopping climate change). And of course it isn't going to be rational. There is nothing rational about this. It is to invoke an emotional response and that's what you see in the comment section.

I'm sorry, but only radicalized individuals have any sympathy for the Just Stop Oil protesters.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, youtube is a breeding ground for idiots when it comes to politics. Every comment and every dislike gives a video impressions so that the algorithm shows it to others. Youtube makes bank with hatret just as fox news does. You can bet that all the jzst stop oil clips will be shown to a audience that hates rhem more than people who feel indifferent about them or agree with them. Why? Because they dont comment on the videos.

These people hate what they see but still watch it and then comment on it so youtube shows them more off it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The science largely disagrees with you; but as usual there are no clear cut answers on such complex topics.