digraph broken_cycle { bgcolor="transparent" rankdir=LR pad=0.5 nodesep=1.0 ranksep=1.2 node [ fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=12 style="filled" penwidth=2 shape=box width=2.0 height=0.9 ] edge [ fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=10 penwidth=3 ] label="THE BROKEN CYCLE\ninputs without outputs" labelloc=t fontname="Helvetica" fontsize=16 fontcolor="#C62828" petroleum [ label="PETROLEUM\n\nextracted from\n100 million year\nold deposits" fillcolor="#37474F" fontcolor="white" color="#263238" ] plastic [ label="SINGLE-USE\nPLASTIC\n\nused for minutes\nexists for centuries" fillcolor="#F44336" fontcolor="white" color="#B71C1C" penwidth=4 ] landfill [ label="LANDFILL\nOCEAN\nSOIL\n\nno output\nno return\nno cycle" fillcolor="#4E342E" fontcolor="white" color="#3E2723" ] nowhere [ label="?\n\nno process exists\nto return this\nto the earth" shape=circle fillcolor="#B71C1C" fontcolor="white" color="#7f0000" width=1.8 fixedsize=true ] petroleum -> plastic [ label="extract\nrefine\nmold" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#C62828" ] plastic -> landfill [ label="use once\ndiscard" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#C62828" ] landfill -> nowhere [ label="no path back\n400-1000 years\nto degrade" color="#B71C1C" fontcolor="#7f0000" ] // The missing return arrow nowhere -> petroleum [ label="THIS ARROW\nDOES NOT EXIST" color="#B71C1C" fontcolor="#7f0000" style=dashed penwidth=1 constraint=false ] }