The International Energy Agency’s Energy Access Outlook 2017 has your answer. For example, the chart here answers the question for 2000 and 2015 with an interesting graphic that includes how the change occurred. In 2000, 1684 million people lacked access, 1130 million people gained access, but population grew by 557 …
Read More »How do types of electricity production compare?
The Our World in Data blog post, A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption has the graph here. It provides a comparison of the scale of different types of electricity production along with comparisons to consumption. For example the Three Gorges Dam is worth 270,000 …
Read More »How much do you know about the production and consumption of protein?
If you read the post by Our World in Data, Meat and Seafood Production & Consumption, you will be able to impress your friends. The post consists of 34 graphs. You can download the images and the data for each. The graph here is Greenhouse gas emissions per gram of protein …
Read More »What is the pay gap between Hispanic women vs white non-Hispanic men?
The Economic Policy Institute has the answer with their post Latina workers have to work 10 months into 2017 to be paid the same as white non-Hispanic men in 2016. They compare not only wages by percentile (graph here), but also compare by occupation and education. Much of these differences …
Read More »What is the connection between Greenland and the East Coast of the U.S.?
In NASA’s post, Greenland melt speeds East Coast sea level rise, they explain: The recent work reveals a substantial acceleration in sea level rise, roughly from Philadelphia south, starting in the late 20th century. And it is likely a strong confirmation of sea-level “fingerprints,” one of the most counter-intuitive effects of large-scale …
Read More »How are king tides changing?
King tides occur when the sun is closest to the earth and aligned with the moon. For the northern hemisphere this happens in the fall. The picture here from the climate.gov post, King tides cause flooding in Florida in fall 2017, is from October,17 2016 at Brickell Bay Drive and 12th Street …
Read More »Is sexual harassment a serious problem?
YouGov asked the question, How serious of a problems do you think workplace sexual harassment is in the United States? Very serious or somewhat serious was the response of 70% of the respondents. But for women it is a greater concern: 78% of women say sexual harassment in the workplace is …
Read More »What country produces the greatest amount of their electicity with renewable resources?
In 2015, the winner is Norway by producing 97.7% of their electricity needs through renewable energy. The top 3 is completed with New Zealand (80.1%) and Columbia (77.7%). The U.S. produces only 13.6% of their electricity with renewable energy. You can learn more from the Global Energy Statistics Yearbook 2017. …
Read More »When and why was leaded gasoline phased out?
Kevin Drum answers the question in his post A Little Bit of Chart History for Wednesday. The phase out started in 1975. Why? According to Nussbaum, EPA wanted places like California to reduce smog, and that meant cars would have to be fitted with catalytic converters. However, since gasoline lead …
Read More »How much later are frosts occurring?
Climate Central has your answer with its post The First Frost is Coming Later. They provide graphs, like the one here for NYC (about 20 days later since 1970), for most major cities in the U.S. They don’t provide the data, but you can try and send them an email …
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