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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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Chevron Seeks Huge Tax Break to Build a Power Plant for a Texas Data Center | It would emit more CO2 than the entire nation of Jamaica. (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Valid that using as much as a small country is concerning either way...there are just magnitudes of difference. Uraguay and Jamaica have similar population sizes.

*Uruguay has a significantly higher per capita electricity consumption than Jamaica, using roughly 2.3 times more electricity per person. As of recent data, Uruguay's consumption is approximately 2,388 kWh per capita, while Jamaica's is 1,046 kWh. Since most CO2 generation is from Tue power grid.