Comment on How Many Solar Panels To Power The World?Comments−patio1117yThat shows you how powerfully a good visualization can deceive you.Here's the same statistic, shown in another light:http://www.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/lying-with-numbe...−[deleted]17y[deleted]−brazzy17yYou mean like right now we just need enough oil fields to hollow out a quarter of Spain? Here's the numbers:Size of Ghawar oil field: 280 km × 30 kmFraction of global oil produced by Ghawar: 6.25%Size of Spain: ca. 500,000 km^2Do the math yourself.
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That shows you how powerfully a good visualization can deceive you.
Here's the same statistic, shown in another light:
http://www.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/lying-with-numbe...
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You mean like right now we just need enough oil fields to hollow out a quarter of Spain? Here's the numbers:
Size of Ghawar oil field: 280 km × 30 km
Fraction of global oil produced by Ghawar: 6.25%
Size of Spain: ca. 500,000 km^2
Do the math yourself.