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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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Apple Shrunk the iPhone’s Carbon Footprint. There’s a Way to Shrink It Even Further (www.bloomberg.com)
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Ensuring users can hang onto their phones as long as possible would help reduce the biggest source of emissions: producing phones in the first place.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Apple: "Counter-point: more money, tho."

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

While it's too much, it's surprisingly small - 66kg. It's like 8 Gallons of Gasoline. Not sure how I would send the phone from China to anywhere for that much fuel - I suppose transport is extra.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bulk container shipping uses very little fuel to move a single phone as part of a container full.