Comments on: CARMA 101: Quick Tips to Get You Started http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/ What goes around comes around Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rob http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-360 Rob Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:52:55 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-360 Carma, now all I need to do is figure out how to implement it for something useful. Carma, now all I need to do is figure out how to implement it for something useful.

]]> By: Jim Prall http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-117 Jim Prall Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:13:10 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-117 Great job! One more piece of data I'd really like to see worked in at the country level is population, and the ability to show per-capita levels and intensities. Also I'll section the motion for more graphical displays of numerical values in the tables - e.g. a fixed-width bar graph of % from each class of sources would increase the impact. Great job! One more piece of data I’d really like to see worked in at the country level is population, and the ability to show per-capita levels and intensities.
Also I’ll section the motion for more graphical displays of numerical values in the tables - e.g. a fixed-width bar graph of % from each class of sources would increase the impact.

]]> By: After Gutenberg » Good CARMA http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-53 After Gutenberg » Good CARMA Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:01:42 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-53 [...] of the world, see how much CO2 they emit, and how they rank relative to other plants. Here are some tips to get you started using the site. Fascinating [...] […] of the world, see how much CO2 they emit, and how they rank relative to other plants. Here are some tips to get you started using the site. Fascinating […]

]]> By: Chris http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-44 Chris Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:27:59 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-44 Great site, guys. Great site, guys.

]]> By: Pepe Larios http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-43 Pepe Larios Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:34:59 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-43 Thank You for a good job congratulations Thank You for a good job
congratulations

]]> By: Jerry MacDonald http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-38 Jerry MacDonald Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:20:19 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-38 An amazing database. Comprehensive and easy to use. I would like to see you classify power plants with additional search criteria. Particularly those with zero intensification. It will be helpful to track the proliferation of the solutions, i.e. solar, wind, hydro, biomass etc. Congratulations! An amazing database. Comprehensive and easy to use. I would like to see you classify power plants with additional search criteria. Particularly those with zero intensification. It will be helpful to track the proliferation of the solutions, i.e. solar, wind, hydro, biomass etc.

Congratulations!

]]> By: John Owens http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-31 John Owens Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:19:58 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-31 The hydroelectric plants don't produce carbon but those in warm climates do produce considerable amounts of methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas. Labeling them as green is very misleading. Even if you say they don't produce carbon dioxide, in reality the methane eventually oxidizes and becomes water and carbon dioxide. How about adding a disclaimer so as not to perpetuate the misperception that hydroelectric power is environmentally-friendly? The hydroelectric plants don’t produce carbon but those in warm climates do produce considerable amounts of methane, which is a far more potent greenhouse gas. Labeling them as green is very misleading. Even if you say they don’t produce carbon dioxide, in reality the methane eventually oxidizes and becomes water and carbon dioxide. How about adding a disclaimer so as not to perpetuate the misperception that hydroelectric power is environmentally-friendly?

]]> By: Chris Rawlinson http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-30 Chris Rawlinson Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:08:51 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-30 Fantastic work! This is the best unexpurgated summary of the planets carbon polluters I have seen. What a resource for lobbying! Congratulations! Adelaide, Australia. Fantastic work! This is the best unexpurgated summary of the planets carbon polluters I have seen. What a resource for lobbying! Congratulations!
Adelaide, Australia.

]]> By: Liz Inglis http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-29 Liz Inglis Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:31:44 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-29 Type your comment here. Australia comes out really badly on this assessment but the reason is that it doesn't have any nuclear power plants. What this assessment is doing is promoting nuclear power. A more useful system would compare like with like - the different types of power plants in each country compared with those types of power plants in other countries. Type your comment here.
Australia comes out really badly on this assessment but the reason is that it doesn’t have any nuclear power plants. What this assessment is doing is promoting nuclear power. A more useful system would compare like with like - the different types of power plants in each country compared with those types of power plants in other countries.

]]> By: Jonathan Doig http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-25 Jonathan Doig Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:28:27 +0000 http://carma.org/blog/carma-101-quick-tips-to-get-you-started/#comment-25 Great initiative! Just the kind of thing we're thinking about here in NSW Australia. I love the map-based data access (but then I would - see our website linked from my name above). Nice and clear, and snappy response. Also good to focus straight in on the best and worst. And good to see each page has a unique and simple URL. Feature wishlist: - Bar graphs comparing the power stations in the currently selected region (could optional show past/present/future for each). - Resize/reshape map - the long flat map is good for worldwide view, but bad as soon as you zoom in. - A pity your licences mean you can't provide even the type of plant - free the data, I say! - What does "future" mean in your figures? Need a note explaining this. - Remove the blank line at the start of your XML export, which renders the file invalid (according to my ancient copy of XML Spy) - Consider supporting OGC Web Feature Service access so we and others could plonk your data straight into our web-based atlas or desktop GIS. I'd be happy to discuss this more, and possibly work together. - It would be great to include local climate action groups on the map or linked on the page. (But where to access this data for the world...) - Finally, remember to update cgdev.org with a link to the new site! (I had to guess the URL) Thanks again! Great initiative! Just the kind of thing we’re thinking about here in NSW Australia.

I love the map-based data access (but then I would - see our website linked from my name above). Nice and clear, and snappy response. Also good to focus straight in on the best and worst. And good to see each page has a unique and simple URL.

Feature wishlist:
- Bar graphs comparing the power stations in the currently selected region (could optional show past/present/future for each).
- Resize/reshape map - the long flat map is good for worldwide view, but bad as soon as you zoom in.
- A pity your licences mean you can’t provide even the type of plant - free the data, I say!
- What does “future” mean in your figures? Need a note explaining this.
- Remove the blank line at the start of your XML export, which renders the file invalid (according to my ancient copy of XML Spy)
- Consider supporting OGC Web Feature Service access so we and others could plonk your data straight into our web-based atlas or desktop GIS. I’d be happy to discuss this more, and possibly work together.
- It would be great to include local climate action groups on the map or linked on the page. (But where to access this data for the world…)
- Finally, remember to update cgdev.org with a link to the new site! (I had to guess the URL)

Thanks again!

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