Via Tim O’Reilly today I came across Saul Griffiths‘ highly informative Wattzon.org site.
The site starts out by informing us that
The average American uses 11400 Watts of power continuously. This is the equivalent of burning 114 x100 Watt light bulbs, all the time. The average person globally uses 2255 Watts of power, or a little less than 23 x100 Watt light bulbs.
The site then hosts a document which details an incredible amount of information on current trends in climate, atmospheric CO2 levels and energy usage.
Saul goes on to ask, what is an acceptable temperature rise? If we can answer that, then we know how much CO2 we can pump into the atmosphere. We also know how much energy the world requires now. So we can calculate the amount of non-carbon based energy we require to meet the shortfall.
Saul explains it better in this short video - watch the video, visit the site.
