New England Petrofuture…The New England states become a literal island unto themselves as the ocean rises into the Hudson River Valley. This shows 66m of

How many billions of dollars have oil corporations spent on greenwashing? In my own small way, I’m using parody to counter that, and associate their

If the burning of fossil fuels ultimately leads to all the ice caps melting, 66 meters of sea level rise would be the result. Let’s see what oil corporations are causing, using their own maps.

Introducing the Petrofuture map series. These are similar to the Retrofuture series, but I’m adding 66 meters of sea level rise to vintage oil corporation

Here is the Napa Valley edition of the Retrofuture Series maps. Say goodbye to your jammy Zinfandels and structured Cabernets. This is the restored 1902

California Retrofuture…a 1879 Department of the Interior map with 218’ of sea level rise—if all the world’s ice caps melted. I’ve added modern shaded terrain

Here is the first San Francisco edition of the Retrofuture Series maps. I’ve always avoided making sea level rise maps focused on San Francisco, because

Showing the north shore of the Bay of LA after all the ice sheets melt, these six maps align perfectly in a row, from Pacific Palisades to Whittier, going through Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Downtown LA, and East LA.

I’ve always been fascinated with maps from the 1800s into the 20th century. Old enough to show a very different world from today, but modern