Side N
Forty-Three Years Was Last Month’s Price
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What happened | The report; the calculator and its README; all four of its data files; the forum thread; both marketplace APIs. |
| Timeline | The report; the hardware and defaults files; the forum thread; both marketplace APIs. |
| The argument | The README’s formula; all four data files; the forum thread; the endpoints API; the energy agency’s price series. |
| What others add | The README and the defaults file; the forum thread; the endpoints API; both maker pages; the price-trend analysis. |
| Conclusion | The report; the README and the defaults file; the forum thread; the endpoints API; the price-trend analysis. |
What the evidence base looks like
- 14Sources used on the page
- 6That are the subject’s own published files, read directly
- 3Live queries against an API, dated to the day
- 2Approached and discarded — coverage adding nothing the primary files state
| Function | How many | What they are |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | 6 | The calculator itself, its README, and the four data files the whole piece recomputes from. |
| Vendor | 4 | A marketplace’s own price APIs, and a maker’s specification and purchase pages. |
| Reporting | 1 | The syndicated report that carried the figure to a new audience. |
| Community | 1 | One public forum thread, used for the author’s own figures and for two attributed replies. |
| Reference | 1 | The published analysis of how fast inference prices have fallen. |
| State | 1 | A government statistical agency’s electricity price series, queried directly. |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing