Driving at a Brick Wall

In an interview with David Suzuki, writer and journalist had this to say about global warming, better known as global climate change:

'It's like being in a huge car driving at a brick wall at 100 miles an hour and most of the people in the car are arguing about where they want to sit' (Jagodzinski, 1997).

I love this quote, because I love this picture. Images do so much to explain concepts to us. This concept of global warming seems very complex to most and the author puts our roles in it so well in that quote.

What types of ideas can you get across to your audiences in better fashion by creating words and images that they can hang on to?

And about this arguing where to sit in the car.... I still want to sit in the back.