SECOND·ORDER·EDGE / RESEARCH

Energy Mechanics

Schematics of how energy actually moves. Wells, refineries, transmission lines, pipelines — every system is a network of tanks and pipes. These diagrams render the plumbing in proportion, wired to live data from the EIA, refreshed weekly.

13.4 mb/dU.S. crude production
16.0 mb/dRefinery throughput
398 mbStrategic reserve
$105.38WTI spot
Live data · refresh status — · how it updates →
SCHEMATIC NO. 1 ● LIVE

Petroleum

Crude → refining → products. Eleven interactive nodes, live EIA data, the SPR drawing into a supply shock.

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SCHEMATIC NO. 2 ● LIVE

Electricity

Generation → transmission → demand. Solar, wind, nuclear, gas, coal feeding the grid in real time.

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SCHEMATIC NO. 3 ● LIVE

Natural Gas

Wellhead → pipeline → storage → demand. The seasonal injection/withdrawal cycle and LNG export buildout.

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SCHEMATIC NO. 4 ● LIVE

Total Energy

The full Lawrence-Livermore Sankey. Two-thirds of every BTU is lost to waste heat — the most underappreciated chart in energy.

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METHOD · Each schematic reads a shared data.json regenerated weekly by a scheduled job that pulls the latest observations from the EIA. Pipe widths and tank levels are scaled directly to the underlying values — nothing is drawn by eye. Source series are labeled on every node. Built as a static site; no tracking, no backend. Full methodology & data sources →
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