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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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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Spain just a few months ago got 100% renewable energy on a weekday.

You aren't doing anyone any favours by pleading misleading information. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that it was just a mistake and not deliberately misleading.

Generating ELECTRICITY from renewables, even 100%, has little to nothing to do with cutting emissions. Electricity is a fraction of a country's total energy mix.

Using your example of Spain who is a leader in renewables is still getting about

https://www.iea.org/countries/spain/energy-mix

About 66% of total energy from fossil fuels. Their oil refining is up 3% this year.

For what it's worth, I consider Europe a leader in emissions reductions. My comments are more about debunking misleading statements such as yours and to help people recognize how far we have to go and how little time there is.

Please choose your words more carefully. False narratives are a big part of our problem.