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- Could whales be a solution to climate change? Probably only a small one https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/whale-carbon-capture 0 comments
- The cost of driving a gasoline vs. an electric car across US states https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/cost-gasoline-electric-us-states 2 comments
- How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-energy-does-desalinisation 48 comments
- The world has probably passed peak pollution https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/peak-pollution 356 comments
- What do American households use electricity for? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/american-electricity-use 2 comments
- China is building more coal plants but might burn less coal https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-coal-plants 75 comments
- Can solar and wind power Britain? An update of David MacKay's numbers https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/can-solar-and-wind-power-britain 299 comments
- Electric cars emit less over their lifetime – often 50%–67% less — than gas or diesel cars https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ev-fossil-cars-climate 334 comments dataisbeautiful
- Deforestation in the Amazon has halved in the last few years https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-2024 91 comments upliftingnews
- Deforestation in the Amazon has halved in the last few years https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-2024 29 comments dataisbeautiful
- Vertical Farming: A Local Solution for Greens, But Not Feeding the World Anytime Soon / Vertical farming has many benefits, but growing crops indoors is energy-intensive. However, Haitz's law says that the cost per lumen (unit of useful light emitted) falls by a factor of 10 each decade https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/vertical-farming 4 comments climate
- The false dichotomy of systemic and individual behaviour change - Individuals aren't going to solve climate change, but they are an important part of the system that will get us there https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/the-false-dichotomy-of-systemic-and 10 comments environment
- The False Dichotomy of Systemic and Individual behaviour change - Individuals aren't going to solve climate change, but they are an important part of the system that will get us there. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/the-false-dichotomy-of-systemic-and 2 comments climate
- Electrification is efficiency: Electrification means that final energy demand falls, without changing the value that we get from energy services. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency 6 comments renewableenergy
- Are global harvests keeping pace in a warming world? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/global-harvest-2023?r=91nhn 6 comments climate
- Are global harvests keeping pace in a warming world? http://sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/global-harvest-2023 11 comments climate
- Why “my country only emits 1% of emissions” is a lame excuse for rich countries to not tackle climate change https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/small-emitters 77 comments energy
- Republican states are going strong on solar and wind, but not for the climate https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/red-states-renewables 15 comments environment
- How much waste do solar panels and wind turbines produce? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/renewables-waste 2 comments environment
- Electrification is efficiency: The world will need less energy after the energy transition https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency 194 comments energy
- Meat substitutes need to get a lot cheaper https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/meat-substitutes-price 134 comments environment
- How much biofuel would we need to decarbonise aviation? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/aviation-part-two 28 comments energy
- How much does aviation contribute to climate change? How will this change in the future? Aviation is responsible for around 3% of global emissions, and will be one of the hardest sectors to tackle. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/aviation-climate-part-one 97 comments environment
- How much more electricity will the UK need to switch to electric vehicles? | Going to 100% electric cars would increase electricity demand by around one-quarter. Moving all road transport to electric would increase it by around 40%. https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/uk-ev-electricity-demand 184 comments futurology
- How much more electricity will the UK need to switch to electric vehicles? https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/uk-ev-electricity-demand 34 comments energy