Tag Archives: Information Graphics
The Surface Area Required to Power California with 100% Renewable Energy
click on the image above to access the full-size PDF California has enacted an ambitious carbon reduction policy to bring emissions down to 40% below 1990 levels by the year 2030. We decided to take a look at what the … Continue reading
The Long View: The Past and Future of Human Energy Use
The image above will take you to a high resolution graphic that spans 800,000 years. Each year is represented by one small square. Each row equals one millenium. Time flows from the upper left to the lower right (similarly to … Continue reading
Surface Area Required to Replace Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining with Solar Power
click on the image for a larger version. Mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is a form of surface mining that involves the removal of a summit or ridge. Acres of wilderness habitat is deforested and the wood burned. Explosives are then … Continue reading
SOLAR vs. TAR SAND
[Updated on June 4, 2015 to give a better number for solar production capacity per m2 area] click on the image to view larger This graphic shows how much surface area would be required to replace all of the BTUs … Continue reading
SOLAR vs. SHALE
click on the image to view larger The latest in our information graphic series is a study of how much surface area would be required to replace all of the BTUs of energy that can possibly be extracted from the … Continue reading
Energy and Resource Conservation
Energy and resource conservation is good no matter how it is achieved. Most people use far more energy and water in their daily lives than they need to. Replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs or LEDs, buying energy star appliances, and … Continue reading
Area Required to Power the UAE with Solar
The above image is a comparison of concentrated solar power with the recently awarded nuclear power contract for the UAE. Admittedly, there are far more variables at play than are shown in this simplified graphic. But it is interesting to … Continue reading
Surface Area Required to Offset Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Reforestation Alone
click on image for larger size. Click here to download a full resolution pdf What the graphic shows clearly is that planting trees to offset emissions is far from a viable solution. Projects that offset carbon emissions are certainly beneficial … Continue reading
Poster Size Version of The Time Is Now
click to enlarge We now have a poster size version of this infographic showing the era of fossil fuels as compared with the long and awesome human history. It shows how the carbon fuel era is only a very brief … Continue reading
Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar
click for larger image download high resolution PDF Note in 2015: this post is from 2009. Some of the links below may be broken. The IEA has updated estimates since 2009, but the overall trends are the same. We hope … Continue reading
