Is this beautiful enough to be worthy of c/dataisbeautiful?
Today, the cheapest way to power a society, is green, clean, renewable electricity. We’ll show the “fossil fuel detour” taken by the West, and how some of the poorest countries in the world are building better from the start.
In this repository, you will find the methodology, data and code behind the stories that came out of this analysis.
Link to the video: DW // Non YT
The future isn’t built on oil and coal. Cheap renewable electricity gives developing countries the opportunity to grow cleanly from day one.
A data-driven analysis of global energy trends suggests many developing countries are moving directly from traditional biomass to electricity, avoiding the long fossil fuel pathway taken by Western economies. The video highlights how falling costs for solar power, batteries and electric technologies are accelerating electrification across countries including India, Vietnam and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Experts argue that limited legacy fossil fuel infrastructure and abundant renewable resources could give emerging economies a competitive advantage, improving energy access, energy security and future economic growth through clean electricity.
Sorry, how am I supposed to read the axes labels? Bio/other is the top flat one? Or the one on the opposite end of the triangle?
it’s gonna be awesome to see countries skip this, and other countries ditch their outdated infrastructure and reboot on renewables - like Cuba is doing (not really a humane transition, being pushed by shitty US policy)
I like the graph but hate the colors. Too low contrast where correlating the lines to the actual country/category represented takes a lot more examination.
Needs to be a Hans Rosling style animated scatter plot of all the countries!
I love this graph though
I can’t decide if I love or hate this graph
I’m just trying to find sandy loam.
Ain’t we all
If biofuels was on the bottom, I feel like it would be more intuitive.
It seems obvious to me. Why would you want to tie your economy to such a volatile dependency?
Not just economy. Electricity is essential for food production, water motors, etc.
There are a lot of theories of “DeVELoPMeNt!”
Countless hours into X-Wing vs TIE Fighter have taught me instant understanding of this graph.
