it's a logarithimic scale [0] Those go 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, .. 1, 2, 4, ... 10, 20, 40... | Hacker News

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theamk on Nov 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil...

it's a logarithimic scale [0]

Those go 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, .. 1, 2, 4, ... 10, 20, 40...

I am guessing they printed "0.1" as ".1", and because it's a really bad scan the ".1" and "1" look identical.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_scale

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