Breathing Earth – visual display of world polluters
Breathingearth.net has a nice simulation of the most polluting countries.
The legend is as follows:
It reminds me of my own World Population simulation, where you can get a sense of population growth in the past, and future.
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22 Dec 2007 at 3:23 am [Comment permalink]
I think that that breathing map is really scary
because it shows just how stupid humanity is
to let it get this far and to do nothing about it. Making Hybrid cars? yea why don’t the buisness and manufactures stop making everything else for about 100 years. Then maybe everyone won’t die!!!
22 Dec 2007 at 4:06 am [Comment permalink]
Hi Sierra and thanks for your comment.
We have to do something about reducing energy demand – and quick.
You are right:
“how stupid humanity is”
11 Apr 2009 at 2:41 pm [Comment permalink]
We are so intelligent yet so naive to be so irresponsible and inconsiderate. May god forgive us for we do not know what we are doing.