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Blog - Visualizing Asian Energy Consumption and Blog - Rumor: An Apple iTV in 2012?
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I've heard it many times before. Remarkable growth in Asia is leading to big increases in coal consumption and carbon-dioxide emissions. But I didn't have a good sense of just how big that change has been until I saw this graphic from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Asia's coal use was smaller than Europe's in 1980. Now it dwarfs coal consumption even in North America, the world's second-largest consumer. (Refresh the page to replay the animation.)bp solarchinese solar manufacturerscoolant leakenergyinnovationrenewablessolar powerstoddardI've heard it many times before. Remarkable growth in Asia is leading to big increases in coal consumption and carbon-dioxide emissions. But I didn't have a good sense of just how big that change has been until I saw this graphic from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Asia's coal use was smaller than Europe's in 1980. [Read the full article]
Rumors of an Apple-branded television set -- as opposed to the set-top box the company already makes -- are no stranger to this blog. But the rumors have taken on a fever pitch of late, with the Wall Street Journal and Digitimes adding details to the mix. The latter claims that we might even see 32-inch and 37-inch iTVs as soon as this summer.Before Steve Jobs died, he told his biographer Walter Isaacson that he had "finally cracked" the problem of television. To quote from Isaacson's book: "'I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,' he [Jobs] told me [Isaacson]. 'It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.' No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. 'It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine.'"Sounds nice, doesn't it? Fresh news reports are lending the thing a flavor of imminence. [Read the full article]
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