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Dec 9, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz
In 2023, over 2.3 billion people worldwide faced moderate or severe food insecurity—a staggering 45% increase from 1.6 billion in 2015. To explore the state of food insecurity by world region, Visual Capitalist partnered with Brazil Potash to create this map, using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), specialized agency of the United Nations.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz
The average American household allocated $9,986—or 13% of their total expenditures—toward food in 2023. But what does that spending reveal about the nation’s eating habits? We’ve partnered with Brazil Potash to create this chart, which uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, to show a breakdown of what Americans eat. In 2023, food eaten away from home made up an average of $3,933 per household, representing a substantial 39% of total food spending.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz |Athul Alexander
In the evolving landscape of copper mining, deposits are increasingly challenging to locate and extract. As deposits are found deeper underground, accessing these resources becomes more costly and technically complex, ultimately impacting copper prices. To highlight this trend, Visual Capitalist partnered with BHP to show the depths and sizes of major copper discoveries found since 1900.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz
Power outages—whether due to operational failures, extreme weather, vandalism, or fuel shortages—can have far-reaching impacts on both customers and utility companies. Created in partnership with The National Public Utilities Council, this graphic shows the 10 largest power outages in the U.S. from the last decade, using data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz |Jennifer West
Power outages—whether due to operational failures, extreme weather, vandalism, or fuel shortages—can have far-reaching impacts on both customers and utility companies. Created in partnership with The National Public Utilities Council, this graphic shows the 10 largest power outages in the U.S. from the last decade, using data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Selin Oguz |Rosey Eason
Data in this visualization comes from the 2024 Annual Utility Decarbonization Report In 2022, natural gas accounted for one-third of U.S. total primary energy consumption, equivalent to roughly 32.3 trillion cubic feet. Natural gas is often touted as a transition fuel on the road to net zero by 2050. But as the U.S. transitions from natural gas to carbon-free energy, which gas utilities are the largest?
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz
The demand for clean energy metals will grow by more than 400% by 2030, according to the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC). Supply, however, is not on track to keep up with this surging demand. Visual Capitalist partnered with Appian Capital Advisory to visualize what these supply gaps may look like by 2030 and the mining investment needed to balance these deficits. The analysis uses data from the ETC and U.S. Geological Survey.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Julia Wendling |Selin Oguz |Alejandra Dander
Demand for copper, a vital metal for economic growth and the energy transition, is set to expand over the coming decades. In fact, global resources company BHP estimates that the red metal’s demand will surge by approximately 70% between 2021 and 2050. In this graphic, we partnered with BHP to visualize the projected sources of copper demand through to 2050. Copper has diverse and widespread applications across many sectors.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz |Rosey Eason
Public utilities are community-owned, non-profit organizations that supply electricity to local customers. Funded primarily through taxes and service revenues, public utilities are driven by a commitment to serve the public interest rather than generate profits. In partnership with the National Public Utilities Council, we present the 2024 edition of our Annual Utility Decarbonization Index.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com | Selin Oguz |Ryan Bellefontaine |Zack Aboulazm |Rosey Eason
In the evolving global energy landscape, renewable sources are becoming increasingly cost effective. Even without subsidies, renewables are often the cheapest option available. This chart, created in partnership with the National Public Utilities Council, shows which electricity sources are the most and least expensive in 2024, using data by Lazard.
