This map is very inaccurate, as it neglects those who had consumed electrical energy through lightning striking them. That cooked flesh didn't come for free!
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it is not completely useless as it seems to give an accurate portrayal of geopolitical boundaries at the time.
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It would be interesting (if the data was available) to see the energy consumption in Europe at that time: windmills, horses drawing carts, cooking fires, etc.
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Somehow, the fact that it’s set in 1507 instead of 1500 really tickles me! Like, you wouldn’t believe how much changed in those 7 years!
Yeah, cool and all, but what are the blue areas?
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It would be useful to see electricity consumption by source. A breakdown by hydro, fossil fuels, nuclear...etc would be more useful.
i dunno. with all those carpets and tapestries, there must have been some static sparks somewhere!
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Western Sahara with the rare reporting in.
Rabbit hole time.
So there actually was some electrical research being conducted in 1705, but it was all static electricity. It could be argued that there was a non-zero amount generated and consumed, but it's really, really small. ChatGPT threw out a value of "20 milliwatts" for this, citing that it was "about the power of a dim LED".
This is fake. I've seen maps from that time, and they looked a lot different than this one.
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This reminds me of the classic. What did communists use before candles?
A: Injection molded silicone
Does it count if the Earth consumes lightning strikes in that area?
I think it really depends on how much eel they were eating.
What about China?
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This doesn't take into account the electricity that's consumed by our meat computers.
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