This visual is brilliant–it sums up capitalism, more or less. See more examples after the jump.


The Kettle
The one that struck me as most clever was the steaming kettle inside a transparent rotating Earth, to show the accumulation of water vapor.

A Still Body Tends to Rest Unless Acted Upon by External Forces

Positive Feedback Mechanisms
I remember learning that methane and water vapor had a substantially greater effect than CO2.

Albedo effect–light particles popping out of the Sun in an amusing way.

Changes in surface water kill plankton and reduce carbon absorption.

Social Disasters
Defense against flooded nations.

Here, a government bureaucrat and a corporate hog work together to create a monster.

The big picture regarding the modern life metaphor.

Watch the video:

Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

Legacy costs, and declining revenue due to foreign competition and the recession of 2008-2009 led to substantial losses for the Big Three, and forced GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy. To raise cash, the companies gave up ownership to unions and governments, and sold or cancelled nameplates. The federal Cash for Clunkers program stimulated sales in July and August by cannibalizing September’s demand, which sank to less than half the 17 million rate the industry had enjoyed for the past decade.