Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Who we are in carbon


the graph is from wikepedia















Since I think the evidence shows that global warming will likely be the preeminent human challenge for the next 100 years or so, its useful to think about how the world is now, and what it might look like in the future.
Thus, this graph,

http://junkcharts.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341e992c53ef0120a81ae3fa970b-pi

which I got from The Economist's great economics blog free exchange http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/

It gives a fascinating portrayal of what has happened to China and India in the last 20 years, and suggests just who has the most room to reduce carbon emissions.

I'd be curious if you notice anything worth paying attention to here.

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