Infographie: Counterpsill.org is a bustling hub of information that covers 100 years of non-renewable energy disasters.
As a “living archive,” the site is updated with news stories, infographics, educational and satirical videos, and invitations to political action. The homepage is a case in point. Disasters are placed on both a world map and a timeline. Readers may click on any incident, represented by a color-coded circle, to read the details of what happened, how many (if any) lives were lost, and the amount of money that was spent to clean up. That cost is used as a benchmark for what could be accomplished by spending the same amount of money on renewable resources. For instance, the $87,000,000 spent on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster in 2010 could buy 44 wind turbines and power over 15,000 homes for a year.