The eia Beta site allows users to choose a state to obtain energy information for that state. When selecting a state users get data about energy consumption and production, along with other facts. New York generates about one-third of its electricity from nuclear power plants, and the state includes nuclear …
Read More »Is there a country where women smoke more than men?
The Our World in Data page Smoking by max Roser and Hannah Ritchie has 19 graph, with data, related to smoking. In general, men smoke more than women except in Nauru (see graph copied here). Every 5th adult in the world smokes tobacco. But there are large differences between men and …
Read More »How different is weekly pay of women and men by race?
The BLS report, Highlights of women’s earning in 2017 has four charts with data about women’s earnings and occupation. The chart copied her compares men and women by race. Asian women and men earned more than their White, Black, and Hispanic counterparts in 2017. Among women, Whites ($795) earned 88 …
Read More »How is wealth accumulated?
The Census Bureau note, Many U.S. Households Do Not Have Biggest Contributors to Wealth: Home Equity and Retirement Accounts by Jonathan Eggleston and Donald Hays (8/27/19), highlights gaps in wealth by household type. Wealth inequality between homeowners and renters is striking: Homeowners’ median net worth is 80 times larger than …
Read More »How are CEOs doing?
The EPI article, CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 by Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe (8/14/2019), summarizes CEO compensation. Selected Key findings: Using the stock-options-realized measure, we find that the average compensation for CEOs of the 350 largest U.S. firms was $17.2 million in 2018. Compensation dipped 0.5% in …
Read More »How much time do we spend on our phones?
The RescueTime blog post Screen time stats 2019: Here’s how much you use your phone during the workday? by Jory MacKay (3/21/2019) provides data on phone use. Note that Let’s start with the high-level stats. When we looked at the data of 11,000 users who actively use the RescueTime app, we …
Read More »How hot was July 2019?
NOAA’s Global Climate Report – July 2019 notes The July 2019 global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average was the highest for July since global records began in 1880 at 0.95°C (1.71°F) above the 20th century average. This value surpassed the previous record set in 2016 by 0.03°C (0.05°F). Nine …
Read More »What happened with the Climate in 2018?
The NOAA article Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2018 by Jessica Blunden (8/12/19) summarizes key climate markers from 2018 such as Last year was the fourth warmest year on record despite La Niña conditions early in the year and the lack of a short-term warming El Niño …
Read More »What new energy record did the U.S. set?
The eia reports that 44.5 Bcf of natural gas was consumed in the lower 38 on July 19 in their post United States sets new daily record high for natural gas use in the power sector by Katie Dyl (8/5/19). Higher electricity demand for air conditioning during a heat wave …
Read More »How can we find out how much a city may warm?
The BBC Visual and Data Journalism team has posted How much warmer is your city? (7/31/19) The page includes a menu to select a city around the globe to see how January and July temperatures may increase under different scenarios. For example, the graph here is for Washington DC. The …
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