Green Blog » A Picture is Worth http://www.green-blog.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:58:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Picture is Worth… Oil advertisement from 1962 http://www.green-blog.org/2009/11/23/a-picture-is-worth-oil-advertisement-from-1962/ http://www.green-blog.org/2009/11/23/a-picture-is-worth-oil-advertisement-from-1962/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:00:24 +0000 Simon Leufstedt http://www.green-blog.org/?p=1961 ]]> humble-oil

Humble Oil, who is today more known as Exxon, pretty much nailed it back in the 60′s with this advertisement from a 1962 edition of Life Magazine. Oh, the grim irony. It’s also available in full view on Google Books.

A Picture is Worth…
- Car, bus or bicycle?
- Albatross Carcass
- The Global Distribution of Water
- Gasoline Consumption Per Day
- Why Offshore Drilling Won’t Help

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The graphic comes from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.

The Global Distribution of Water

Older entries:
- A Picture is Worth… Gasoline Consumption Per Day
- A Picture is Worth… Albatross Carcass
- A Picture is Worth… Car, bus or bicycle?

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