Internet Graphics - Facts behind the Memes

[Zanza]

[Razgovory]

I don't understand the first graphic at all.  Why does it change countries?  Why does the appliance get bigger along with the person the more power it uses.

[mongers]

I don't understand the first graphic at all.  Why does it change countries?  Why does the appliance get bigger along with the person the more power it uses.

I assume it's annual per capita electricity consumption/generation in various African countries vs typical annual energy usage for various consumer/white goods, but without a legend and some explanation that's just a guess.

[Valmy]

Haiti and Cambodia are not African countries.

Anyway I tend to distrust most statistics meant for the general public.  Even the ones that are absolutely true get presented in a misleading way.  This particular graphic theoretically should be easy to fact check though?  Total energy consumption per person.

[fhdz]

That graph doesn't even have a legend. Are you supposed to just guess what you're looking at?

[Valmy]

That graph doesn't even have a legend. Are you supposed to just guess what you're looking at?

I thought they were telling me Haiti had laptops much more efficient than Ghanan refrigerators.

[Admiral Yi]

That graph doesn't even have a legend. Are you supposed to just guess what you're looking at?

Presumably the person who retweeted it chopped all the pointy head parts off.

[The Brain]

I understand it to mean that stand your ground has worked wonders.

[mongers]

That graph doesn't even have a legend. Are you supposed to just guess what you're looking at?

I think so yes.

I don't think it presents energy consumption, but more narrowly electric consumption per capita, hence the comparisons with electrical goods.

[Valmy]

I think so yes.

I don't think it presents energy consumption, but more narrowly electric consumption per capita, hence the comparisons with electrical goods.

Watt-hours are a unit of energy.  I am confused by the distinction between electric and energy here.

[Admiral Yi]

Watt-hours are a unit of energy.  I am confused by the distinction between electric and energy here.

I thought watts and watt hours were only related  to electricity.   

For example, I don't think you can talk about the  watts  in a gallon of gasoline.

[The Brain]

I think so yes.

I don't think it presents energy consumption, but more narrowly electric consumption per capita, hence the comparisons with electrical goods.

Watt-hours are a unit of energy.  I am confused by the distinction between electric and energy here.

Why?

[Richard Hakluyt]

I think so yes.

I don't think it presents energy consumption, but more narrowly electric consumption per capita, hence the comparisons with electrical goods.

Watt-hours are a unit of energy.  I am confused by the distinction between electric and energy here.

Why?

Lack of metrication.

[The Brain]

Watt-hours are a unit of energy.  I am confused by the distinction between electric and energy here.

I thought watts and watt hours were only related  to electricity.   

For example, I don't think you can talk about the  watts  in a gallon of gasoline.

Sigh.

[grumbler]

For example, I don't think you can talk about the  watts  in a gallon of gasoline.

True.  You can talk about the kilowatts in a liter of gasoline, but not watts per gallon.