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    #1412
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,368 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Just because I'm a pedant. Turkey is not in the EEA.

    The map is of EEA but you're point stands. Switzerland too wasn't a member of EEA


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    #1413
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,179 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    No, but the spirit of the map remains. It's a stark picture if you are a British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Or one that gives a crap.

    wrong is wrong.


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    #1414
    emanresu
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭emanresu


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Just because I'm a pedant. Turkey is not in the EEA.


    This is a map of the European Environment Agency members.
    I also thought it was an incorrect map of the European Economic Area at first until I searched for the original source. https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/eea-member-countries-coverage


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    #1415
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,179 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    emanresu wrote: »
    This is a map of the European Environment Agency members.
    I also thought it was an incorrect map of the European Economic Area at first until I searched for the original source. https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/eea-member-countries-coverage

    hard to know what to believe. The EU think they are not members of the EEA

    https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/169/the-european-economic-area-eea-switzerland-and-the-north
    Switzerland is a member of EFTA but does not take part in the EEA.


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    #1416
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Switzerland have not officially joined the EEA, They signed an agreement to but have not joined it yet. They held a referendum in 1992 and the Swiss electorate rejected it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Swiss_referendums. I find Swiss democracy fascinating.

    Swiss European Economic Area referendum of 1992 results by Cantons
    Yes-votes
    No-votes

    Swiss_EEA_membership_referendum_results_by_canton%2C_1992.png

    swiss-cantons-engl.gif

    Despite all this, all the real money in the EU is essentially fed through either Switzerland or Liechtenstein. Money likes money and from either country it gets to go everywhere. They own it.


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    #1417
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,368 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Switzerland have not officially joined the EEA, They signed an agreement to but have not joined it yet. They held a referendum in 1992 and the Swiss electorate rejected it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Swiss_referendums. I find Swiss democracy fascinating.

    Swiss European Economic Area referendum of 1992 results by Cantons
    Yes-votes
    No-votes

    Swiss_EEA_membership_referendum_results_by_canton%2C_1992.png
    Only in the map thread can you put together an argument in map form


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    #1418
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Shedite27 wrote: »
    Only in the map thread can you put together an argument in map form

    The French - German/Italian divide is ominous in this one. Plainly obvious that whilst Geneva wanted in both Zurich and Lugano did not.

    As I said, Swiss politics is very intriguing and well worth a look into. It is almost tribal in nature.


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    #1419
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    As I said, Swiss politics is very intriguing and well worth a look into. It is almost tribal in nature.
    I keep meaning to read up on how the hell it's a country at all.


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    #1420
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    mikhail wrote: »
    I keep meaning to read up on how the hell it's a country at all.

    Basically a load of mercenaries bandied together. It is a fascinating country.


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    #1421
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Map of the Irish State in terms of the relative size of the various Govt departments and agencies.


    11417_y0uzq4nt1a2ovlzv.jpg


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    #1422
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Map of the Irish State in terms of the relative size of the various Govt departments and agencies.


    Lovely map. What is with the Great Lakes however?

    Are you sure it is not based on the United States?


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    #1423
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Map of the Irish State in terms of the relative size of the various Govt departments and agencies.


    11417_y0uzq4nt1a2ovlzv.jpg

    vmfr17oj32s11.jpg


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    #1424
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Lovely map. What is with the Great Lakes however?

    Are you sure it is not based on the United States?

    Unless the United States has an Oireachtas as well...


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    #1425
    davetherave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭davetherave


    http://state.zero-g.ie/

    Link to the full map website, very interesting


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    #1426
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Global electricity consumption per capita in Kilowatt Hours, 2018


    11417_xxn6hb0rvmno575j.png


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    #1427
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    EiWXbB5XgAcppnO?format=jpg&name=small

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiWXbB5XgAcppnO?format=jpg&name=small


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    #1428
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,762 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Global electricity consumption per capita in Kilowatt Hours, 2018


    11417_xxn6hb0rvmno575j.png

    I presume that isn't domestic consumption alone and includes industry?


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    #1429
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,278 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    cnocbui wrote: »
    I presume that isn't domestic consumption alone and includes industry?
    It would be the whole economy.


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    #1430
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,399 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Norway has a lot of aluminium production. which it can do cheaper than most thanks to plenty of Hydro. Middle East is pumping oil and gas, air conditioning and general over consumption.

    Interesting that some countries are consuming 60-100 times more energy than others.


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    #1431
    hognef
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭hognef


    KevRossi wrote: »
    Norway has a lot of aluminium production. which it can do cheaper than most thanks to plenty of Hydro. Middle East is pumping oil and gas, air conditioning and general over consumption.

    Interesting that some countries are consuming 60-100 times more energy than others.

    Norway also has other industries with high energy demand such as chemicals (e.g. fertilizer) and paper. Also the highest percentage of electrical cars of any country and a higher share of electricity based heating than most countries.

    Note though that the map shows electricity specifically, not energy in general.


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    #1432
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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    #1433
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,201 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    maybe a bunch of white slave owners...

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiWXbB5XgAcppnO?format=jpg&name=small

    It's almost as if it's a federal government of united states....


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    #1434
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,762 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Seems more divided to me.


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    #1435
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,519 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    EiWXbB5XgAcppnO?format=jpg&name=small

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiWXbB5XgAcppnO?format=jpg&name=small

    Nicely counterbalanced by the allocation of Representatives to Congress

    Intentionally designed to try and force a system with compromise at it's core - with the Senate giving more power to individual states, and Congress giving more power by weight of population.

    Worked well for most of the time, up until the last 20-30 years when entrenched "us and them" politics has taken hold.

    1920px-2010_census_reapportionment.svg.png



    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/2010_census_reapportionment.svg/1920px-2010_census_reapportionment.svg.png


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    #1436
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,762 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    KevRossi wrote: »
    Norway has a lot of aluminium production. which it can do cheaper than most thanks to plenty of Hydro. Middle East is pumping oil and gas, air conditioning and general over consumption.

    Interesting that some countries are consuming 60-100 times more energy than others.

    There seems to be some correlation between energy use and longevity:

    Life-exp-energy.jpg

    The map shows Australia as having a high energy footprint per capita, but I looked at a breakdown and domestic energy consumption makes up only about a tenth of the total.


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    #1437
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,278 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    blackwhite wrote: »
    Nicely counterbalanced by the allocation of Representatives to Congress
    Countered, but not balanced. Take a look at the table here. Larger states are again underrepresented in the House of Representatives.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Rule#Under_the_2010_U.S._Census


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    #1438
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,399 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Same could be said of the EU. This map is out of date with the UK, but you get the idea. Smaller countries get more reps per head of population to counterbalance all decisions being made for a small number of bigger countries.

    meps-per-million.jpg


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    #1439
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,179 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    the differences are much more pronounced in the US


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    #1440
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,654 ✭✭✭✭josip


    KevRossi wrote: »
    Same could be said of the EU. This map is out of date with the UK, but you get the idea. Smaller countries get more reps per head of population to counterbalance all decisions being made for a small number of bigger countries.


    Is this formulaic and consistent for every country or have countries negotiated better ratios?


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    #1441
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,958 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Bodyhair_map_according_to_American_Journal_of_Physical_Anthropology_and_other_sources.jpg


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