But how much is
Check my back of the envelope calculations and - if you want to - make them your own by dragging numbers ↔️
In
- National Childrens Hospitals
👧🏻
In
- bike sheds 🚴
- Using
x 🚴 per shed, these can store bikes 🚴
In
- x
gifts for each person in Ireland 🎁
In
- Fully funded: of them 🏡
- Using an average occupancy of
people: enough on it's own to house of a population
In
- tickets each for every person in Ireland! 💃
🕺 - Oasis might need to play gigs together in Croke Park at
capacity, to honor this volume of tickets 🎶🧑🤝🧑🎶
In
- x
heat pump grants 🔥
It's a lot of money! 💰
But for other context, this
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These back-of-the-envelope calculations are made using calculang: a language for calculations for structure, flexibility and communication about numbers.
You can check (and change!) their formulas under the tab for '💬' (top left)
"Scrubbable numbers" as an interaction technique for models - inside narrative text, is something championed by Bret Victor. I recommend his other work: especially the Model-driven debate section of his climate essay, to find further neat interactions with models and their calculations.
This was a little, hurried exercise by Declan. Please don't use these numbers for real decision making ⚠️🙂
