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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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Politicians across the spectrum want more housing. Apartments are a great answer, because they also slash carbon emissions in a big way. (grist.org)
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[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

Respectfully, I think you have the economics wrong.

But the rent in these units was significantly higher than what could be found on the perimeter

Compare like for like. How much more expensive are the detached single family homes in those downtown areas? Or how much do high rise condos cost out in the suburbs or the periphery of the city? Or the in betweens, of 5+1 construction? Or townhouses/rowhouses with shared walls but not shared roofs?

The construction of multifamily is a cost-cutting measure to offset/mitigate high land prices, as a response to those high prices, and don't cause the underlying high prices in the first place.

Plus condo fees and taxes and higher utilities/groceries/etc.

The condo fees offset lower home insurance costs (individual unit owners aren't directly insuring roofs, walls, or foundations in a hurricane-prone city). And utilities are cheaper because of shared walls and greater ratio of volume to surface area.

Houston is a tough city to try to be car free in, but the lack of zoning makes it actually interesting to compare actual home types in similar neighborhoods.