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The graphic is kind of bad, but their idea is quite sound. If you read the caption, it includes: > Set side by side, the 184 million oil-filled jugs would cove
by apinstein 16y ago
The graphic is kind of bad, but their idea is quite sound. If you read the caption, it includes:
> Set side by side, the 184 million oil-filled jugs would cover an area of approximately 1.36 square miles. This amount of 1-gallon containers would be enough for every resident of the 12 most populous US states (2/3 the population of the country) to carry one in their hand simultaneously.
To me, that's powerful imagery. Too bad their infographic doesn't reflect that idea.
- hugh3 16y agoIs it powerful imagery? To me it just comes across as "incomprehensibly large". On the other hand, the San Francisco Bay one comes across as "Oh, well that's not so bad then".
- napierzaza 16y agoNo that's not powerful imagery. "Some portion of the people living in the US can hold one". Yeah I know, 184 million out of ~300 million people. You either reduce it to a value where you say, "one half quart per person" or you get out. Don't sub divide saying "the most populous states ...". You want to try and hook the 184 million gallons (a big number we have no concept of) to another big thing we MIGHT have a better concept of. Not a partial bit of it.