This was my thought as well. Although even that wouldn't paint an accurate picture due to the different energy consumption of citizens in different countries. The average american is going to consume a lot more energy per year than the average indian, for example. I would love to see energy generation per capita normalized for energy consumption per capita. But certainly energy generated to country population would be far more interesting than just total energy generation.
its easy India and China pop is 4x US which is 4x Germany. clearly China and US are not doing much wind. For whatever reason German power cost is 300% of China per watt, based on general info. . .. . Wind is OK. A power grid is helped when under 30% of its load is wind and solar, after that it tends to get unstable absent huge battery bank. electric grid is 1/3 of all Europe power (heating, cars, trucks, jets, and industry are mostly nongrid), so renewables can help of they reach German levels of 10% all power whatsoeever. .... Fossil fuels are hard to replace, darn it, Im not happy but Germany is only 10% to net zero.
I politely disagree with your second sentence. In a scientific context it may be inaccurate but for an entertainment video I find it ok. The visualization makes sense, too because differences from year to year are mainly a result of construction of new wind turbines. And those are built during the whole year and not all on one day.
It is yearly data. Some of the numbers occasionally dip, which they wouldn't do if it was accumulated power generation. I agree that it is, if not misleading, then at the very least not a good representation of the data. Either way this is a very common way of representing just about any type of data in these entertainment focused videos.
Would be much more interesting to see energy generated to country population ratio
This was my thought as well. Although even that wouldn't paint an accurate picture due to the different energy consumption of citizens in different countries. The average american is going to consume a lot more energy per year than the average indian, for example. I would love to see energy generation per capita normalized for energy consumption per capita. But certainly energy generated to country population would be far more interesting than just total energy generation.
its easy India and China pop is 4x US which is 4x Germany. clearly China and US are not doing much wind. For whatever reason German power cost is 300% of China per watt, based on general info. . .. . Wind is OK. A power grid is helped when under 30% of its load is wind and solar, after that it tends to get unstable absent huge battery bank. electric grid is 1/3 of all Europe power (heating, cars, trucks, jets, and industry are mostly nongrid), so renewables can help of they reach German levels of 10% all power whatsoeever. .... Fossil fuels are hard to replace, darn it, Im not happy but Germany is only 10% to net zero.
Lovely visualisation.
Are the Chinese numbers verified by an outside entity? Otherwise take them with a grain of salt.
I assume this is yearly data. In that case it makes no sense and is misleading to have running bars between data points.
I politely disagree with your second sentence. In a scientific context it may be inaccurate but for an entertainment video I find it ok. The visualization makes sense, too because differences from year to year are mainly a result of construction of new wind turbines. And those are built during the whole year and not all on one day.
Maybe he should add a note saying that he's interpolating values and that that's an approximation. Which is a fair approximation to make.
It is yearly data. Some of the numbers occasionally dip, which they wouldn't do if it was accumulated power generation. I agree that it is, if not misleading, then at the very least not a good representation of the data. Either way this is a very common way of representing just about any type of data in these entertainment focused videos.
Clearly, someone who did not study economy, math, or anything related.