2012 year in blogging | BraveNewClimate

To kick off the new year, we’d like to share with you data on BraveNewClimate’s activity in 2012. You may start scrolling!

Crunchy numbers

About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 430,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 8 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!

In 2012, there were 50 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 512 posts. There were 104 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 25 MB. That’s about 2 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was March 29th with 2,436 views. The most popular post that day was Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook.

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (1/6)

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (2/6)

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (3/6)

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (4/6)

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (5/6)

: Environmentalism in the mud: responding to Jim Green’s attack on Barry Brook (6/6)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation (1/3)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation (2/3)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation (3/3)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (1/6)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (2/6)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (3/6)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (4/6)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (5/6)

: Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint (6/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (1/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (2/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (3/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (4/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (5/6)

: Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system (6/6)

: Open Thread 21 (1/3)

: Open Thread 21 (2/3)

: Open Thread 21 (3/3)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (1/6)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (2/6)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (3/6)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (4/6)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (5/6)

: TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants (6/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (1/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (2/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (3/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (4/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (5/6)

: 100% renewable electricity for Australia – the cost (6/6)

: Time for a reckoning, time for an apology (1/3)

: Time for a reckoning, time for an apology (2/3)

: Time for a reckoning, time for an apology (3/3)

: Open Thread 22 (1/2)

: Open Thread 22 (2/2)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – 15 March summary of situation (1/3)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – 15 March summary of situation (2/3)

: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – 15 March summary of situation (3/3)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (1/6)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (2/6)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (3/6)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (4/6)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (5/6)

: How realistic is The Economist’s cool view of nuclear power? (6/6)

: Is pro-nuclear the best option for our make-or-break century? (1/2)

: Is pro-nuclear the best option for our make-or-break century? (2/2)

: Off to Russia (1/2)

: Off to Russia (2/2)

: The future of Brave New Climate (1/2)

: The future of Brave New Climate (2/2)

Attractions in 2012

These are the posts that got the most views on BraveNewClimate in 2012.

1 Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation 864 comments March 2011
2 Top 10 ways to reduce your CO2 emissions footprint 19 comments August 2008
3 Pumped-hydro energy storage – cost estimates for a feasible system 218 comments April 2010
4 Open Thread 21 544 comments February 2012
5 TCASE 6: Cooling water and thermal power plants 49 comments November 2009

How did they find this blog?

The top referring sites in 2012 were:

Some visitors came searching, mostly for bravenewclimate, brave new climate, how to reduce co2 emissions, interrogation, and brave climate.

Where did they come from?

That's 198 countries in all!
Most visitors came from The United States. Australia & The United Kingdom were not far behind.

Who were they?

The most commented on post in 2012 was Open Thread 21

These were the 5 most active commenters on this blog:

1 Peter Lang 215 comments
2 Cyril R. 196 comments
3 John Newlands 176 comments
4 David B. Benson 176 comments
5 Jagdish 58 comments

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