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Updated with the true price of CO2 and a reason why carbon taxes won't work at all. nt GliderGuider Jan 2013 #1
So with US CO2 at 17.3 Metric tons per capita...$74,044/yr Iterate Jan 2013 #2
Regarding 2000 CO2 and the impossibility of stopping climate change GliderGuider Jan 2013 #3
or .41 kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP - 2008 US Iterate Jan 2013 #4
The key for me is that energy is the fundamental currency of international power GliderGuider Jan 2013 #5
I don't know of any such people, Iterate Jan 2013 #13
There are any number of ways to look at history and ecosystems. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #14
But inefficiency can be our friend. Iterate Jan 2013 #20
"So every US dollar spent has .9 lb. CO2 embedded" NoOneMan Jan 2013 #10
Oddly difficult to type. Iterate Jan 2013 #16
Factoid OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #6
Interesting. I always thought it meant just a small, isolated fact. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #7
Me too NoOneMan Jan 2013 #9
Perhaps “factette”? OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #11
Do you have a point? nt GliderGuider Jan 2013 #12
Not much of a one, no OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #15
Actually, you did have one - and you were right. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #19
Your second graph reminds me of this: NoOneMan Jan 2013 #8
Can you be more specific about the data you're using? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #17
Thanks for catching my errors. There were many. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #18
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