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Tsukikaiyo t1_ize5xna wrote

What does increase (pp) mean? Per person? That doesn't make much sense

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hcrx OP t1_ize6oge wrote

Percentage points

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daviberto t1_izegilk wrote

Someone should really make a symbol just for this.

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chemolz9 t1_izf0s1p wrote

Percent ist not the same as Percentage Points.

For example, if Europe has 21% renewables in 2010 and 48% renewables in 2020, that's a difference of 27 percentage points and an increase of 229 129 percent.

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mkaszycki81 t1_izfqlst wrote

>For example, if Europe has 21% renewables in 2010 and 48% renewables in 2020, that's a difference of 27 percentage points and an increase of 229 percent.

2020 is 229% of 2010, which is an increase of 129%.

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