Comments on: Working with World Bank Data in R http://davidfischer.name/2010/04/working-with-world-bank-data-in-r/ Some Things to Some People Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David http://davidfischer.name/2010/04/working-with-world-bank-data-in-r/comment-page-1/#comment-210 David Fri, 21 May 2010 05:22:38 +0000 http://www.davidfischer.name/?p=514#comment-210 While the population figure may not be too relevant to the energy use per capita (doh!), I still think there's something impressive that people today with all their computers and electronic devices are using the same or less energy than 35 years ago. While the population figure may not be too relevant to the energy use per capita (doh!), I still think there’s something impressive that people today with all their computers and electronic devices are using the same or less energy than 35 years ago.

]]> By: Mathijs de Bruin http://davidfischer.name/2010/04/working-with-world-bank-data-in-r/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Mathijs de Bruin Sat, 15 May 2010 00:56:59 +0000 http://www.davidfischer.name/?p=514#comment-209 Hey David, Interesting post you've got there. Playing around with World Bank data looks like it could be a lot of fun. However, at the end of your post you seem to suggest that the energy usage has not increased with population. However, what you have plotted is (AFAIK) the energy usage per capita - so the total energy use has in fact increased a lot, I do not see what is impressive about that. Regards, Mathijs Hey David,

Interesting post you’ve got there. Playing around with World Bank data looks like it could be a lot of fun.

However, at the end of your post you seem to suggest that the energy usage has not increased with population. However, what you have plotted is (AFAIK) the energy usage per capita – so the total energy use has in fact increased a lot, I do not see what is impressive about that.

Regards,
Mathijs

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