There aren’t a whole lot of ways to put the BP oil spill in perspective. Most of our generation was too young to talk when Exxon Valdez happen in 1989, and who really understands how much thousands of barrels of oil is anyway? (Well I do, but I’ve got an unfair advantage)

Nonetheless, CNBC did a good job in their visual article on the spill. Take a look. 

Oil vs Milk

Oil vs Boats

Oil vs Olympic swimming pools