- The horizontal axis is showing the years from 1880~2010
- Present day is on the right
- Left side of vertical axis is showing degrees in farenheit and the right side of the vertical axis is showing CO2 in parts per million. The range of ferenheit is -1.0 degrees F ~ 1.0 degrees F. The range of CO2 in parts per million ranges from 280-380.
- No it does not say where the data is from.
The massive coal dust explosion in West Virginia was caused by avoidance of safety rules and a methane ignition is what set it off. In the united states, each family who lost relatives in the explosion got 1.5million dollars. In china, the safety precautions were way lower and followed much less then in the united states. There wasn't even a monitering system. This particular mine was illegal and had been shut down and lost its license over a year ago. Each family of 17 victims of this mining accident recieved 10,000 yuan($1,577) for funeral expenses. Also, each dead miners family will recieve 660,000 yuan ($105,486.4) Gas explosions as well as fires and floods are really frequent in Chinas' coal mines. More accidents happen in Chinas' mines because they have far less safety precautions then we do in the USA. The difference between the compensation for american and chinese families is that the americans get far more more then the chinese do. Americans get $1.5 million opposed to china's $105,486.4 plus funeral expenses.
China represents 20 percent of the world's population, and has only 7 percent of the world's productive, arable land.
in the United States, agricultural properties have risen in average value by 58 pecent over the last year.
I think that I am upset yet not surprised about the statistic from China. The fact that they have 20% of the ENTIRE WORLDS populatoi but only 7% of productive farm land is disturbing. That is just a lot of proof that they are majorly overpopulated and that they have too many people and not enough contribution to food, in my opinion. Since there is continulously less and less farm land to grow food, it is going to start getting more and more expensive.
