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multicm t1_izecez2 wrote

I am going to be a bit nitpicky here because of the subreddit we are on. The data is interesting, but this visualization is just bad. There is a lot that could have been done. For example, putting "Increase" on a second axis as a line, or better yet, remove it altogether and instead do a stacked bar with "2010" and "Increase". Would have made the graph much simpler and more visually appealing. With this being r/dataisbeautiful the context is about how nice a graph looks not necessarily the data itself.

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hcrx OP t1_izezh9m wrote

Thanks for the feedback!

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throwit_amita t1_izdvmjx wrote

I have a few questions - I'm interested in this stuff!

What's the source for these numbers?

How are you defining the "continents"? Can you add a lookup or table? Fyi Australia is its own continent.

If A is 2012 electricity produced and B is 2022 electricity produced, what's your calculation to determine % change?

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hcrx OP t1_ize6y0y wrote

Of course!

The source is Our World in Data, but you can see the underlying spreadsheet and dataset here (and copy it if you want). The definition of the continent also comes from Our World in Data.

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Tsukikaiyo t1_ize5xna wrote

What does increase (pp) mean? Per person? That doesn't make much sense

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hcrx OP t1_ize6oge wrote

Percentage points

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daviberto t1_izegilk wrote

Someone should really make a symbol just for this.

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chemolz9 t1_izf0s1p wrote

Percent ist not the same as Percentage Points.

For example, if Europe has 21% renewables in 2010 and 48% renewables in 2020, that's a difference of 27 percentage points and an increase of 229 129 percent.

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mkaszycki81 t1_izfqlst wrote

>For example, if Europe has 21% renewables in 2010 and 48% renewables in 2020, that's a difference of 27 percentage points and an increase of 229 percent.

2020 is 229% of 2010, which is an increase of 129%.

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Tedthe10 t1_izeyvzh wrote

It's wild that South America has around 70% of their energy produced by renewables and that number hasn't changed at all in 10 years

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40for60 t1_izfdrnt wrote

Its because they stopped making rivers. Big Rivers needs to get their act together.

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mkaszycki81 t1_izfqpqm wrote

Shame on South America for not achieving anything in ten years!

/s

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PilzGalaxie t1_iznejwu wrote

The Green bar is confusing because it conveys not the slightest bit of additional Information.

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