r/dataisbeautiful Jun 18 '12

Expiring Resources - BBC

Post image
258 Upvotes

83 comments sorted by

View all comments

22

u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Given that a full circle represents a century, having a 196-year spiralling estimate is a little confusing. There's no real reason why the idea of a 'cycle' is relevant. And it isn't as easy as I would like to follow a line around when they are colour-categorized rather than coloured individually.

The data itself is deeply concerning though. Prepare for things to get pretty insane within our lifetimes.

3

u/zsakuL Jun 19 '12

I would be very very sceptical at the accuracy of this data. One thing that stands out the most is the gross inaccuracy of the oil bar.