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[deleted] t1_ja8dpdo wrote

Despite any opinions on the graphic itself, the reduction of emissions and increasing reliance on wind in the Midwest is indeed beautiful!

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Chiperoni t1_ja8e63i wrote

Just moved to Iowa and am pleasantly surprised by all the wind energy and ethanol-including gas.

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Cunninghams_right t1_ja9214p wrote

it is actually questionable whether ethanol is actually better. it takes a lot of energy to produce and transport. some studies actually have it being worse than gasoline.

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vtTownie t1_jaa62jp wrote

Ya you have a 15-30% reduction in fuel mileage to begin with

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Sure_Monk8528 t1_jaet8i0 wrote

It does reduce knock though (I don't know what percentage it requires for that). It just couldn't be patented so we drove a few generations of people to unhinged criminality instead.

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Chiperoni t1_ja93rwy wrote

Yeah but Iowa has hella corn so I think in this instance it probably is.

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Cunninghams_right t1_jaa3lu2 wrote

it is even questionable within corn-producing areas, if memory serves. there are a lot of energy inputs just to grow a crop, then you have the energy of converting it to ethanol.

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NaturalProof4359 t1_jabiqfu wrote

It’s terribly inefficient, in nearly all respects.

Only thing ethanol benefits non-insignificantly is farming conglomerates.

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Jjjohn0404 t1_ja8v1kz wrote

I wonder how many other states have super unleaded being cheaper than regular unleaded

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wherethebicenroam t1_jab1y7x wrote

It’s neat to see my neighbors putting more into wind energy!

Meanwhile, my more reluctant Nebraskans have that ugly ass “No More Wind Turbines” in their yards/fields.

We’ll get there..eventually. At this point, it’s a guess if we’ll legalize marijuana or be more reliant on wind first. My money is on the latter.

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Vithar t1_jaeeg3u wrote

Also, it doesn't really show well how in some states, like MN coal went from around 50% to 25% over that time frame. Yes, still biggest other than the one blip, but not as big as it was by a significant margin.

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bigredpbun t1_ja8ltit wrote

TIL Waterpower accounts for over 60% of the total electricity generated in Canada.

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Cunninghams_right t1_ja92c1q wrote

wooden power line poles are called "hydro poles" in canada because they are associated with hydro-electric power.

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corynvv t1_ja92yjv wrote

more than that. A lot of places it's a hydro bill, not power/eletric(ity) bill.

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l337hackzor t1_ja93xix wrote

In BC it's called BC Hydro, that's why I call it my hydro bill. I'd probably call my natural gas bill my Fortis (Fortis BC) bill but I don't have NG.

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surmatt t1_ja9jydu wrote

I just call it our gas bill. In my adult lifetime it has been Fortis, Terasen, and BC Gas.

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bgd73 t1_jaailvh wrote

I am in old town maine region.. 30 years. same here too. hydro poles.

whenever there is a problem.. "call hydro"

I live on an island in a river.. there is 3 hydros around me.

love the hydro.

sucks for salmon.. but when there is a 3 way merge by nature, they still have pathways.

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cre8ivjay t1_jabi22c wrote

In some parts of Canada. Hydro anything is not ubiquitous across Canada.

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AveDuParc t1_jabmgan wrote

For most of Canada it is.

Hydro Quebec Hydro One Toronto Hydro BC Hydro

These make up the majority so for most Canadians it is indeed hydro.

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cre8ivjay t1_jacfnvy wrote

Yup, but not all, which is the point I was making.

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dubtle t1_ja89ft7 wrote

Man, dataisbeautiful always has the ugliest comments. I think this is pretty awesome, nice job.

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KWNewyear t1_ja82ub7 wrote

What's going on with these borders? It looks like Illinois switched to Nuclear at the cost of Galena and half the Quad Cities.

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ApotheosizedBum t1_ja88wji wrote

Also, the grayed out year in the chart in the top right is less than helpful.

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kompootor t1_ja8emw2 wrote

It looks like just a "low resolution" vector file used for the map. I'm sure the author can swap in a base map with more path points -- probably from the same source as their original map -- and recreate the graphic within a few minutes.

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AardvarkAblaze t1_ja8vbnx wrote

As someone from Madison, please take them back. I don't need to be driving any further to get to a dispensary. I propose we give you back what you lost, plus Rock County. It'll save Madisonians an extra 30 minutes to buy weed.

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OasisNinjaBat t1_ja8lcuk wrote

It's fascinating New England was mostly nuclear then went to Natural gas, seems like a step or 7 down

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Dabuntz t1_jaalpi8 wrote

They had the oldest reactors I think. More decommissioning and of course they aren’t building more.

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Ostrich_Exterminator t1_ja9nc7m wrote

But nuclear bad because radiation and it might explode like cherrynoble

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xogdo t1_jacvv7x wrote

Coal kills a lot (like, a ton) more people than Nuclear every year, and Nuclear is extremely safe and well contained when you go and learn about it more.

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MayonaiseBaron t1_ja83sag wrote

Suprised to see NH as one of the few states consistant on Nuclear. Seabrook Station has gotten so much shit since its construction, they never even finished its second reactor.

(Granddad worked for PSNH and helped with the construction)

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NoComplaint1281 OP t1_ja81if7 wrote

Full infographic: How Canada and the U.S. Reduced Their Emissions Intensity From Power

Sources: NEI, Statista, Our World in Data, NRCan

Made using Photoshop

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redworm t1_ja89q4p wrote

This data is not beautiful, it's hard to read the year and you mangled the borders for no reason.

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Herbacult t1_ja81dzz wrote

Looks nice, really hard to read on my phone though.

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shpydar t1_ja8pts4 wrote

So let’s add another data set to Canada’s data to give a better understanding of the percentage of population by Province/Territory whose majority electrical power generation is from green sources as our province and territory borders are quite large but many of them have low population as the majority of Canada’s population is in a concentrated area in Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec.

Canada total = 39,292,355 (100%)
Newfoundland and Labrador = 528,818 (1.35%)
Prince Edward Island = 172,707 (0.44%)
Nova Scotia = 1,030,953 (2.62%)
New Brunswick = 820,786 (2.09%)
Quebec = 8,751,352 (22.27%)
Ontario = 15,262,660 (38.84%)
Manitoba = 1,420,228 (3.61%)
Saskatchewan = 1,205,119 (3.07%)
Alberta = 4,601,314 (11.71%)
British Columbia = 5,368,266 (13.66%)
Yukon = 43,964 (0.11%)
Northwest Territories = 45,602 (0.12%)
Nunavut = 40,586 (0.10%)

So armed with this data we can see that only 5 Provinces/Territories majority of sources of electricity are not green and when we look at percentage of population those 5 account for only 17.63% of the entire Canadian population meaning 82.37% of Canadians majority source for electrical power generation come from green sources.

And this is backed by Stats Canada who reports Canada's electrical power generation by source and the last month published (Nov. 2022) saw only 18.61% of all electrical power generated came from combustible fuels, and that includes the "Other types of electricity generation" as I can't say for certain that the energy produced was green, so it is possible it is lower than 18.61%

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nkj94 t1_ja8otol wrote

Why you color Natural Gas Blue and Nuclear orange

is this some kind of propaganda?

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squickley t1_ja8snqw wrote

I caught that, too. It makes hydro and gas look related somehow. Coal and oil are black and grey, for comparison.

A better colour scheme would change: dark blue hydro, light blue wind, yellow nuclear, coral gas.

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backgamemon t1_ja8z3h0 wrote

Probably (hopefully) just a random colour scheme that is not too great.

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Cbundy99 t1_ja8k2az wrote

Never knew my state used nuclear power. Neat.

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CodeMonkeyPhoto t1_jac2qe9 wrote

Well if coal was good enough for the Titanic….

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kompootor t1_ja8guih wrote

The essay page accompanying the graphic makes a nowadays too-typical optimistic pitch: Yes, the US and OECD energy sector is decreasing emissions and emissions-per-unit-GDP is dropping, but total emissions are still increasing in the OECD -- that is, our growth (in consumption and production) significantly outpaces our efficiency gains. [This was wrong when I typed it, which is why I usually link to stuff in-line and don't just go by what I remember from podcasts in November -- I'll have to make the corrections later tonight.] Among other things, this makes us look doubly hypocritical when we say to middle-income countries and India especially that they need to moderate their own pace of growth (against more expensive and slow-to-build upfront infrastructure costs that would all have to be subsidized) for the sake of CC mitigation.

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jakenash t1_jaasbhf wrote

Wait, so Trump didn't save coal?

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666dna t1_ja8mk1k wrote

Is NWT switching to oil because the needs outweigh the hydro production? Or is there something fishy going on there??

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275MPHFordGT40 t1_ja8trij wrote

I’m surprised New Mexico’s was Coal instead of Natural Gas. The wind surprised me even more.

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VictorChristian t1_ja8uct4 wrote

what happened in 2008 in Illinois - seems like coal took over for a short time there...

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ybonepike t1_ja8z3ic wrote

It won't load for need in Reddit is fun app, so I opened it in Firefox and says it can't play because the file is corrupt

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purpleinme t1_ja9jiu6 wrote

Is the UP separate from the rest of Michigan?

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euph_22 t1_jaa72k5 wrote

What the hell map projection is that?

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mwebster745 t1_jaacnxs wrote

Just out of curiosity, how is South Dakota getting hydro power, does it have a big damn I just don't know about?

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Dr_Wipf t1_jab4jbn wrote

Multiple big dams on the Missouri River

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Efficient_Deer_1999 t1_jabide4 wrote

The more you learn about nuclear, the more you realize it's the best

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Dildo_Swaggins_8D t1_jabyfmt wrote

More of North America needs to embrace Nuclear Energy

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FunnyKozaru t1_jacbgx8 wrote

The upper peninsula of Michigan never changes color when the lower peninsula does. Is that a glitch?

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debunk_this_12 t1_jacosrk wrote

A simple trend chart would be easier to follow

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unfilteredcritic t1_ja8vpy9 wrote

Just Googled TN and according to the sources you list, Coal is still the largest producer of energy in the state. 🤷‍♂️

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SpiderFarter t1_jaajamj wrote

Interesting read in the Wall Street Journal today how the forced moved to “renewables” are bringing far more reliable power generation off line while not coming close to replacing it not even considering the move to add significant more electricity use. Not gonna end well.

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patrdesch t1_ja8am6s wrote

You took a look at those borders and thought that this was 'beautiful'? Do you have functioning eyes?

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