#1649: Pipelines explain

[Caption above the first main panel, to the left of a smaller panel to the right:]

The size of the US’s

Pipelines

if each fluid produced or consumed in the US has to be carried by a single pipe

Assuming they all flowed at the same speed of about 4m/s

Note: Many pipelines would overlap (eg. soda/corn syrup)

[There is a small panel to the right showing three gray pipes of different sizes leading out over a large hole in the ground. Only a part of the hole can be seen at the bottom left part of the panel, but it curves around indicating it is a large circular hole. The pipes are supported by small legs beneath them and from the end of all three thick liquids are squirting out and down into the hole. The first pipe is by far the largest; the liquid from it is white, but not as white as the background. The second pipe is by far the smallest squirting dark red liquid and the final rightmost pipe is in between and squirts our light brown liquid. Each pipe is labeled. The label on the smallest cannot be read properly, but from the info gained in the next panel it can be inferred for certain what it says (and this is indicated here below):]

[Small pipe (dark red)]: Nail polish

[Medium pipe (light brown)]: Maple syrup

[Below is a large panel with a caption at the top. And below this there are twenty circles in different sizes and with different color (or even texture). Each circle is labeled, for the five smallest the label is outside, in one case with an arrow indicating where the label belongs. The rest has the label inside. The text is in black except for four of those with text inside, but with red of black color. Here the text is white. The labels are indicated by color and size, going roughly from top left in reading order based on the position and size of circles not of position of the text:]

Actual size (When viewed on a typical computer screen)

[Tiny dark red]: Nail polish

[Big light blue with white specks]: Windshield washer fluid

[Very tiny purple]: Silly putty

[Very small blood red]: Donated blood

[Very small light green]: Personal lubricant

[Very tiny gray]: LCD liquid

[Very small black]: Printer ink

[Small light brown]: Maple syrup

[Large light green]: Liquid soap

[Big olive green]: Olive oil

[The panel just described is indicated to fit into a small rectangle at the top left of the next panel below. There are four lines ending at the four corners of this small rectangle, two of these are going to the two bottom corners and the other two ends on the lower part of the panel just above the small rectangle. They are indicated to go under the panel and would hit the two top corners if extrapolated. The 11 largest circles are clearly seen, but most of the other circles can also be noted. The colors are the same but any features in the original circles as well as the labels are gone. The part of the black top frame of the next panel below is faded out to gray in between the section cut off by the two lines going to the bottom corners of the panel above. This rectangle indicated the increasing size compared to the first panel above.]

[Apart from the insert mentioned above, the second panel follows the same layout, but with 22 circles with even larger range of sizes. The panel is more than twice as long as the first panel. Blondie is drawn at the top of the panel just left of the middle. Her hair is close to the top, just below the line going to the right corner above. There are two medium-sized and five smaller circles to her left and one small close to her head and one huge circle to her right. Her feet are less than a third down this panel standing on top of the next row of circles. In the bottom half of the panel there is a giant circle which almost touches the left side of the panel. There are smaller circles above it and down along the right side. One last circle is to the left almost at the bottom. At the very bottom is a slightly curving line to indicate a much much larger blue circle that only graces the panel (no. 23). There is a small green fish in this water to the left of the label. Below the labels are again listed as above. One label has a foot note. But it is written directly beneath the circle in which it is referenced. So it will be written together with the label on the next line. There is also one case with an arrow used to indicate where the label belongs.]

[Very tiny gray]: Peanut butter

[Very small gray with black specks]: Ice cream

[Large light blue]: Bottled water

*Solid at room temperature

[Gracing bottom of panel light blue, with a fish inside]: Public water