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There has been a lot of attention focussed on gasoline price, green house gas, carbon tax, and energy consumption. That’s great! But what about the tangible stuff, other things we buy and consume?

An artist in Seattle, Chris Jordan, explores what the statistics of consumption actually look like. For example, what do 106,000 aluminum cans look like (that’s the number consumed in the US every thirty seconds)?

Cans Seurat, 2007

Full image (60″x92″).

Partial zoom:

Detail at actual size:

Visit Chris Jordan’s website for many more Images of Consumption. What do 426,000 cell phones look like (the number retired in the US every day)? See his website to find out.

Originally posted at www.IWillTry.org.

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