Category: Graph of the Day

Ok, I finally got this one right.

Here is the National Climatic Data Center has released the January 2011 global temperature results. (mark this page – it’s a great one to refer to from time to time, and will help you win a lot of bar bets..)

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature anomaly for January 2011 was 0.38°C (0.68°F) above the 20^th century average, resulting in the 17^th warmest January since records began in 1880. Separately, both the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere land and ocean temperatures were also 0.38°C (0.68°F) above the 20^th century average, resulting in the 21^st warmest January for the Northern Hemisphere and the 15^thwarmest on record for the Southern Hemisphere.

If today’s computer chips were the same size and cost as they were in 1975,
Apple’s iPod would cost $1 billion and be the size of a building.

From the American Energy Innovation Council.

From the American Energy Innovation Council.

Climate Denier economics.

Pennies for Research on renewable energy.

Trillions for this.

Sorry. I know it’s not considered polite to remind them of who they are, and what they do, but this still makes me furious.

If anyone thinks the Oil industry is working to discover the solution to our energy problems, this graph should set them straight.

The American Energy Innovation Council is the source of the Graph, and has posted a polished video about the problem.

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