Solar Electricity 2012

Solar energy as a percentage of electricity production:

Source: Renew Economy

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Renewable Electricity for 3 countries

Renewable energy as a percentage of electricity production:

Source: Renew Economy

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CO2 numbers December 2012

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• December 2011: 391.8 ppm
• December 2012: 394.3 ppm

An increase year-on-year of 0.6%. Inching closer to 400ppm.

UN Food price index 2012

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UN's FAO food price index, annual average:

• 2011: 228
• 2012: 207

A 7% decrease.

But still more than double the average for 2002-2004 (index = 100).

Source: FAO

Galaxies

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The image is of a spiral galaxy NGC 4414, about 60 million light years from us. It is about 50 thousand light years in diameter. Source: Wikipedia

Some other facts (estimates?) about galaxies:

• Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains about 100 billion planets
• The universe contains about 170 billion galaxies
• The space between galaxies is a very thin gas at about one atom per cubic meter
• The most distant galaxy is about 13.4 billion light years from us

Sources: Wikipedia, Next Big Future