Per Capita CO2 Emissions by Fuel Type (Single Country)
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this interactive bar chart and data table, students can explore CO2 emissions by fuel type globally or filtered by country or continent.
- The resource shows emissions from oil, coal, flaring, gas, cement, and other sources.
- Resource can also be viewed as a stacked area chart or line chart.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This resource provides a large amount of information that can be customized and downloaded.
- The charts are easy to read, and the data table can be sorted.
- The information is playable in a time-lapse line chart, which gives a good indication of the speed of emissions from the Industrial Revolution.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read charts and tables.
- Students may need more information on flaring. Flaring is burning off a byproduct of gas and oil when extracting oil.
Differentiation
- This is an ideal resource to use in Earth science classes when learning about types of fossil fuels and their varied environmental impact.
- Cross-curricular connections can be made with social studies courses by exploring the cultural, economic, or historical factors that affect what fuel sources and how much fuel a country uses.
- Students can pick a country, look at the data, and present how their country's CO2 emissions by fuel type have changed over time. Students could also work collaboratively on this.
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