World Electricity Sources [OC]

Posted by cavedave

8 comments

  2. I wonder what it would look like if you put the least bursty sources on the bottom so they would appear less jaggy in the visualization

  3. I HATE STACKED GRAPHS, GIVE ME A LINE GRAPH ITS NOT THAT HARD.

    For real, it’s pretty to look at, but the data is unreadable all the smaller ones go up and down not because they are charging but because the ones below them are changing, which makes it impossible to tell what is going on.

    An alternative is to have a line graph with each one represented as a line and another line to represent the total.

  4. A stacked line graph isn’t a great choice for this since it makes it difficult to see changes in specific components over time. It’s also hard to tell how much of the seasonal changes are due to each one or how much it’s just coal pushing them up – ah, the other comment covers that, too.

  5. I think this is a great chart. It’s simple, but tells a really powerful story. Essentially, since 2019 the use of fossil fuels hasn’t really gone down, the growth in renewables is really just capturing the growth in demand over that period. Slightly depressing to know, but I feel like I’ve learning something.

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