Internet Free Zones [328]

Less than one percent of the population has access to the Internet in these countries.

First Female Parliamentarian [279]

The red line on this globe traces temporally, country by country, the first election of a female to parliament following the precedent set by Finland in 1907 through to 1946 when the first female parliamentarian in Japan was elected to office.

Mobile Teledensity 2006 [327]

Mobile phone density is shown in four levels:
Countries where people have less than 10 phones for 100 people are not covered; 10 to 50 phones per inhabitants are lightly crisscrossed; 51 to 99% is the next step and countries with more mobile phones than citizens have the highest density.

Regional Energy Consumption and GDP [331]

Regional energy consumption (red horizontal bars) is correlated with vertical bar graphs indicating GDP (Gross Domestic Product) figures. Arrows indicate the rate of increasing consumption. China is currently the world's largest coal consumer and is projected to be the largest energy consumer by 2023.

Car-free Countries [325]

Many industrialized nations have about half as many cars as citizens. Green overlaid countries have the least number of cars per capita: in these countries up to 11,000 inhabitants would have to share a single motor vehicle.

Nuclear Energy Dependency [162-4]

Violet parts of a given country represent the proportional dependency on atomic energy. The remainder (yellow) represents the reliance on conventional energy sources.

CO2 Spiral [30]

Between 1950 and 1986, annual carbon dioxide emissions have tripled. The principal source of
these emissions is fossil fuel combustion, but natural gas flaring and cement production also contributes to the rising level. Carbon dioxide is the major cause of the Greenhouse Effect.

Oil and Coal Reserves [323]

Black areas show loca tions of proven oil, coal, and gas reserves. The reserve amount is indicated as a red circle for oil and striped boxes for coal. Worldwide coal reserves amount to
three times oil reserves. Coal use is a major concern and factor in global warming scenarios.

Chemical and Energy Companies vs. Country [324]

Some company’s yearly gross income is larger than the entire GNP of a given country. Fifty-one of the top 100 economies are corporations not countries. 90% of all oil production capacity is owned by states.

Jam 2000: 72x Around the World [217]

If all the cars in the world were placed end to end they would circle the globe 72 times.

Global Warming - Greenhouse Contributors [293]

Japanese Empire (Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken) [304]

The concept of a Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere ( 大東亜共栄圏 Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken) was an Japanese attempt to create a Great East Asia free of Western Colonialism. The concept was also used to justify Japanese military conquests during the Great Asia War or Pacific War (roughly corresponding to WWII and preceding conflicts 1937 to 1945).