Energy Map of America

Where are the major oil fields in the US? How about the Nuclear power plants or coal fields? What parts have the most solar energy potential? MSNBC took data from various US departments and created a rough outline of where these energy sources are.

The maps are a bit overloaded with typical “local news” style background imagery so here they are with a higher contrast and simplified view.

source MSNBC

Animated World Map of CO2 Emissions

Breathing Earth has taken the World Factbook data and applied it to an animated flash map and give you more of a big picture image. Nothing very new but old data in a new way.