I’m with you on the ire, but that sort of graph is misleading to the extreme. It’s like saying there’s a new show on your TV and it has 64% more watchers this year than last year, where something established and long-running has 5% more or less. “Data centres” aren’t new, but there’s a new class of them being built. So they’re by definition going to be that bar on your chart.
Percentage change is an indicator of what’s new. Make this a chart of overall resources used and you’ve got something more representative and more honest if you’re using this to drum up anger.
I’m with you on the ire, but that sort of graph is misleading to the extreme. It’s like saying there’s a new show on your TV and it has 64% more watchers this year than last year, where something established and long-running has 5% more or less. “Data centres” aren’t new, but there’s a new class of them being built. So they’re by definition going to be that bar on your chart.
Percentage change is an indicator of what’s new. Make this a chart of overall resources used and you’ve got something more representative and more honest if you’re using this to drum up anger.