Putting human consumption into perspective

These pictures were really disturbingly beautiful so I thought I would share them with you. What was particularly illuminating was that a single flight across the Atlantic generates 140 tons of CO2 which would take the average motorist 50 years to equal. What does the oil used in the US in two minutes actually look like? Or a million disposable plastic cups? Photographer Chris Jordan illustrates the staggering scale of human consumption.
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