What BP Could Have Bought With the Money Lost Due to Oil Spill

July 27, 2010 in From the Web, Ideas Presentability, Language : English | 5 comments

Wondering how much money BP lost with the oil spill in Mexico golf? Visualeconomics.com published a brilliant visualization.

Image: All the things BP could buy with the money lost from the oil spill

When big numbers are out of reach for our minds, it is good to compare with things we can understand. This visualization is a good example.

I already wrote about this subject in the post: Audience will not understand your numbers.

This graphic helps us understand how much money is $ 100,000,000,000.


Source: Visualeconomics.com via @StephaneGuerin via @evanlapointe


Posted by: Denis Francois Gravel


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  2. Fred E. Miller’s avatar

    Fred E. Miller on July 28, 2010 at 14:55

    A picture is worth the proverbial 1000 words, isn’t it?

    We think in terms of pictures.

    Even a linear thinker will see something red and round if I say ‘apple’. They will not visualize the letters a-p-p-l-e.

    With powerpoint, the best slides have have little if any text. YOU, the presenter should supply the text.

    1. Denis Francois Gravel’s avatar

      Denis Francois Gravel on July 28, 2010 at 18:51

      I totally agree.

      When using PowerPoint in front of an audience, you should use as less text as possible.

      I already wrote about this: Why You Should Put Less Text in Your Slides and How to reduce the text in your slides

      Thanks for your comment

  3. Guymond Nadeau’s avatar

    Guymond Nadeau on July 29, 2010 at 07:31

    Great post Denis,

    Where ca I get a three wolf moon t-shirt like the one displayed? :-)

    1. Denis Francois Gravel’s avatar

      Denis Francois Gravel on July 30, 2010 at 08:10

      Ask the humorist Mike Ward where he bought the one is wearing in his show. You know, he have a fixation on those shirts.

      Video of Mike Ward : http://bit.ly/cwyjVy

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