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The turn of the wheel

March 31, 2009 in china, demand, Detroit, economy, environment | Tags: | Leave a comment

Chevy vs. Chery FTW

Chevy vs. Chery FTW

January was the “month in which, for the first time, more automobiles were sold in China than in the United States” (Harper’s Index, April 2009 issue). China passed the U.S. to become the second-largest automobile-manufacturing nation in 2008. Chevy-Chery photo by The Pocket.

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It was the world's first serious alternate reality game, a cooperative pre-imagining of a global oil crisis. Over 1900 players collaborated in May 2007 to chronicle the oil crisis with their own personal blog posts, videos, images and voicemails. The game ended after simulating the first 32 weeks of the oil shock, but its effects continue, as game designers analyze its unique gameplay and we all watch the continuing drama with global oil prices and supply.

THE CLASSICS

How we got into the 2008 oil crisis

Offshore drilling vs. men in speedboats

Bush in Saudi Arabia: the bank owns us

Oil crisis: internal truth vs. external truth

"Making the world a better place"

The future of alternate reality games

The Petrol War, 2000

"The future is getting closer" (WWO lesson plans)

The subprime energy crisis

The tragedy of lower oil prices
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