Elie: Created page with "Category:Problems NOTOC File:Emissions-by-sector-–-pie-charts.png|thumb|GHGs (greenhouse gases, such as '''CO₂''') are the gases that cause climate change. '''This is a pie chart of where they come from.'''

Note that a large chunk of emissions are a function of how much new '''"stuff" people buy''': ''See sub-sections of the pie, related to: industry (producing materials, manufacturing), agriculture, and transporting goods.'' {{tal..."

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Created page with "Category:Problems __NOTOC__ File:Emissions-by-sector-–-pie-charts.png|thumb|GHGs (greenhouse gases, such as '''CO2''') are the gases that cause climate change. '''This is a pie chart of where they come from.''' Note that a large chunk of emissions are a function of how much new '''"stuff" people buy''': ''See sub-sections of the pie, related to: industry (producing materials, manufacturing), agriculture, and transporting goods.'' {{tal..."

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[[File:Emissions-by-sector-–-pie-charts.png|thumb|GHGs (greenhouse gases, such as '''CO2''') are the gases that cause climate change. '''This is a pie chart of where they come from.''' Note that a large chunk of emissions are a function of how much new '''"stuff" people buy''': ''See sub-sections of the pie, related to: industry (producing materials, manufacturing), agriculture, and transporting goods.'' {{talk|Also, "fugitive emissions from energy production" are directly a function of how much natural gas is used in all the other pieces of the pie.{{pbr}}In any case, maybe this pie chart isn't divided up in a relevant enough way to illustrate which emissions are driven by what. I'm thinking of making a [[:File:ghg-pie2.png|new one]] (using mostly the same data sources that the people who made this one used).{{pbr}}[[User:Elie|Elie]] ([[User talk:Elie|talk]]) 10:59, 7 February 2025 (EST)}} Other major factors include heating buildings and driving cars. See also: [[:File:energy-demand-pie1.png|This other pie chart]] that shows energy usage in more detail (but doesn't include non-energy emissions).]]
[[File:carbon-inequality1.png|thumb|Note that half of emissions come from the richest 10% of the world. This ''includes'' '''most people''' who live in "first world" countries.]]

Climate change is ''mostly'' caused by '''burning fossil fuels for energy''' - and to a lesser extent, by today's agriculture.
* {{light|But note:}} Agriculture has [[deforestation|other major environmental impacts]] too, besides just climate change.

==Solutions we ultimately need {{fists}}==

* '''[[Decarbonize the energy supply|Replace ALL fossil fuel energy, with renewables and/or nuclear power]]'''
** Not technologically feasible, [[Decarbonize the energy supply|currently]].
*** Would become more feasible if the ''demand'' for energy (and vehicles) was [[reduce energy demand|'''lower''']]. This is quite viable, as long as people in {{t2|first-world|"first-world", for lack of a better terminology Talk: I didn't want to say "developed countries" here, because a less experienced person reading quickly might mistake it for "developing countries" (which is the ''opposite'' of what I'm trying to convey). I also didn't want to say "rich countries" because some people might mistakenly think their country isn't rich enough for it to apply to them. So I'm stuck using an old, somewhat improper term: "first-world countries".}} countries are willing to make some lifestyle changes:
**** '''[[We can still have nice things, just not replace them so often]]'''
**** '''[[Reduce the need for driving]]'''
* {{light|''Some'' lifestyle changes are still needed ''even if'' we phase out fossil fuels:}}
** '''[[Stop food waste]]'''
** '''[[Make the food supply more plant-based]]''' {{light|(does not ''require'' 100% veganism)}}
** {{rb|These are needed to prevent [[deforestation]]. ''[[Reduce the amount of land required to feed the world|See why]]''.}}

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