Map created by 911 Metallurgist

The map above is a catogram that resizes the world’s countries by their total fossil fuel production. The data is from 2016 & 2017 and comes from a variety of sources.

The top 10 fossil fuel producing countries are:

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Map created by 911 Metallurgist

The map above is a catogram that resizes the world’s countries by the amount of coal they produce. The data is from 2016 and comes from the EIA.

The top 10 coal producing countries as of 2016 are:

1. China
2. India
3. United States of America
4. Australia
5. Indonesia
6. Russia
7. South Africa
8. Germany
9. Poland
10. Kazakhstan

You can see an animated map and full stats for the world’s countries below:

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Map created by 911 Metallurgist

The map above is a catogram that resizes the world’s countries by the amount of natural gas they produce. The data is from 2017 and comes from the CIA, ENI and BP.

The top 10 natural gas producers as of 2017 are:

1. United States of America
2. Russia
3. Iran
4. Canada
5. Qatar
6. China
7. Norway
8. Australia
9. Saudi Arabia
10. Algeria

You can see an animated map and full stats for the world’s countries below:

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Map created by 911 Metallurgist

The map above is a catogram that resizes the world’s countries by the amount of oil they produce. The data is from 2016 and comes from the EIA.

The top 10 oil producing countries as of 2016 are:

1. United States of America
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Russia
4. Canada
5. China
6. Iraq
7. Iran
8. United Arab Emirates
9. Brazil
10. Kuwait

You can see an animated map and full stats for the world’s countries below:

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Found via reddit

The animated map above shows the radioactive cloud that moved through Europe following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986. The Chernobyl accident remains the worst nuclear accident in history and is one of only two events classified as a “level 7 major accident” (the other being the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan).

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