Comments on: CORRECTION & APOLOGY: Planes or Volcano?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:27:59 +0000

The second version of the graph is more correct, 3,000 metric tons of SO2 were released in per day, made by measurements as described here:
http://earthice.hi.is/Apps/WebObjects/HI.woa/swdocument/1015769/Gas+report+-+Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull+2010.pdf

This which would lead to 15,000 metric tons and not 150,000 metric tons as cited in the AFP story. The source quoted by the AFP used a very rough estimation based on a previous eruption, and did not use measurements gathered during the event. For the purposes of this chart the estimation should probably not be considered more accurate than the direct measurements as linked above.

By: Electric Razor

Electric Razor — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:38:49 +0000

Very interesting information, imagine if there were no canceled flights.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:44:44 +0000

But you didn’t include the figures of how many travellers were on the aeroplanes versus those on the volcano. Surely that has to be taken into consideration when comparing the benefits or lack thereof of the two?

By: Website Templates.bz

Website Templates.bz — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:54:04 +0000

I have personally sufferede from this volcano erruption.
And it’s a pleasure to read the truth and really see that Information is Beautiful!

By: sumvision cyclone

sumvision cyclone — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:36:28 +0000

Therefore, it takes 32 days for the volcano emit the same amount of CO2 than two weeks of travel by air.

By: Carlos maq

Carlos maq — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:04:40 +0000

Great site, and airplanes are more dangerous than vulcanos…

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:21:52 +0000

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/correction-apology-planes-or-volcano/

Great diagram! I suggest you make also a diagram that shows how much humanity will re-structure and re-engineer how matter and energy will work under humanity’s control for the benefit of humanity in 50 years from now (as a result of the creation of intelligent nano-robots, and stuff like that, during 2010-2060), given that Moore’s law continues to hold for another 50 years from now – and how much this change will influence the future of humanity, long term – and compare this to how tiny impact the volcano Eyjafjallajökull has on that same time period.

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:26 +0000

yes but the CO2 saved figures need to be updated; according to my calculations it is “only” 116 tons saved (344-150)* 60% = 116.

By: Kimono

Kimono — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:40:38 +0000

I agree with Gary Myers. Information is Beautiful is still one of my favourite websites and it’s refreshing to see the imagery in my rss feeds, facebook and twitter streams. We all make mistakes and I sure wouldn’t want to be that guy trying to calculate these statistics… But still, you’ve gotten a great point across about mother nature versus human condition.

By: hemnebob

hemnebob — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:23:50 +0000

i LOVE this site.
this is what it is all about, sharing of information.
i have to hope that it is all on the level and sincere, if not, it is still an
incredible amount of work and effort and shall be one of my favorite escapes!!