[HN Gopher] Maps Mania: How the World Powers Itself
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       Maps Mania: How the World Powers Itself
        
       Author : speckx
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2024-08-19 16:17 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (googlemapsmania.blogspot.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (googlemapsmania.blogspot.com)
        
       | conradev wrote:
       | GEM is great for viewing generating stations. OpenStreetMap also
       | has really good infrastructure data, including substations and
       | transmission lines: https://openinframap.org/
        
       | SomewhatLikely wrote:
       | I suspect there may be a flaw in the visualization where smaller
       | dots are drawn with disproportionately more pixels than bigger
       | dots. Just looking at how much green is on the map is way more
       | than numbers I can find support for. For example, spain visually
       | looks like more than 90% solar/wind but in reality it appears to
       | only be about 60% [
       | https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/renewables-produce-a... ]
        
         | jokteur wrote:
         | Yes, a 1MW solar plant point has about half the radius as a
         | 1000MW hydroelectric plant point.
        
         | olejorgenb wrote:
         | The green dots is rendered on top of the red as well
        
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