"American" interests
Curious about the recent rise on the right of pro-Climate Change propaganda, I dug into exactly which states have a financial interest in preventing Kyoto-like restrictions on CO2 emissions.
I focused on industrial emissions because cutting back on the other major sources of CO2 emissions (transportation and energy generation) will most likely be subsidized at the federal level.
Here is some data I found in this .pdf file from the EPA.
Industrial CO2 emissions by state from burning fossil fuels, million metric tons - 2003:
1. Texas - 251.57
2. Louisiana - 91.33
3. California - 70.63
4. Indiana - 52.89
5. Pennsylvania - 46.62
Total - 513.04 49.2%
6. Illinois - 38.18
7. Ohio - 35.73
8. Michigan - 24.42
9. Alabama - 22.65
10. Alaska - 21.89
Total - 142.87 13.7%
++ State Average - 20.88
11. Georgia - 19.94
12. Tennessee - 19.84
13. Kentucky - 19.22
14. Oklahoma - 18.93
15. Virginia - 17.44
Total - 95.37 9.1%
16. Washington - 17.06
17. New York - 16.22
18. New Jersey - 15.75
19. Wisconsin - 15.45
20. North Carolina - 15.10
Total 79.58 7.6%
21. Iowa - 14.31
22. Kansas - 14.19
23. South Carolina - 13.86
24. Florida - 13.85
25. Minnesota - 13.60
Total - 69.81 6.7%
26. West Virginia - 13.41
27. Colorado - 11.64
28. Arkansas - 11.06
29. Missouri - 10.37
30. Mississippi - 10.19
Total - 56.67 5.4%
31. Wyoming - 10.12
32. New Mexico - 7.43
33. North Dakota - 7.11
34. Maryland - 7.05
35. Massachusetts - 6.81
Total - 38.52 3.7%
36. Utah - 6.42
37. Oregon - 6.40
38. Nebraska - 5.62
39. Montana - 4.97
40. Arizona - 4.03
Total - 27.44 2.6%
41. Delaware - 3.95
42. Idaho - 3.34
43. Connecticut - 2.90
44. Maine - 2.48
45. South Dakota - 2.27
Total - 14.94 1.4%
46. Nevada - 1.96
47. Hawaii - 1.44
48. New Hampshire - 1.07
49. Rhode Island - 0.57
50. Vermont - 0.51
Total 5.55 0.5%
America - Total 1043.79
State Average - 20.88
Texas alone produces 24.1% of America's industrial CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning.
As CO2 emissions will likely be reduced by law sometime in the near future, it might be in the interest of Texas companies to back Kyoto now while they have one of their own running the government.
I focused on industrial emissions because cutting back on the other major sources of CO2 emissions (transportation and energy generation) will most likely be subsidized at the federal level.
Here is some data I found in this .pdf file from the EPA.
Industrial CO2 emissions by state from burning fossil fuels, million metric tons - 2003:
1. Texas - 251.57
2. Louisiana - 91.33
3. California - 70.63
4. Indiana - 52.89
5. Pennsylvania - 46.62
Total - 513.04 49.2%
6. Illinois - 38.18
7. Ohio - 35.73
8. Michigan - 24.42
9. Alabama - 22.65
10. Alaska - 21.89
Total - 142.87 13.7%
++ State Average - 20.88
11. Georgia - 19.94
12. Tennessee - 19.84
13. Kentucky - 19.22
14. Oklahoma - 18.93
15. Virginia - 17.44
Total - 95.37 9.1%
16. Washington - 17.06
17. New York - 16.22
18. New Jersey - 15.75
19. Wisconsin - 15.45
20. North Carolina - 15.10
Total 79.58 7.6%
21. Iowa - 14.31
22. Kansas - 14.19
23. South Carolina - 13.86
24. Florida - 13.85
25. Minnesota - 13.60
Total - 69.81 6.7%
26. West Virginia - 13.41
27. Colorado - 11.64
28. Arkansas - 11.06
29. Missouri - 10.37
30. Mississippi - 10.19
Total - 56.67 5.4%
31. Wyoming - 10.12
32. New Mexico - 7.43
33. North Dakota - 7.11
34. Maryland - 7.05
35. Massachusetts - 6.81
Total - 38.52 3.7%
36. Utah - 6.42
37. Oregon - 6.40
38. Nebraska - 5.62
39. Montana - 4.97
40. Arizona - 4.03
Total - 27.44 2.6%
41. Delaware - 3.95
42. Idaho - 3.34
43. Connecticut - 2.90
44. Maine - 2.48
45. South Dakota - 2.27
Total - 14.94 1.4%
46. Nevada - 1.96
47. Hawaii - 1.44
48. New Hampshire - 1.07
49. Rhode Island - 0.57
50. Vermont - 0.51
Total 5.55 0.5%
America - Total 1043.79
State Average - 20.88
Texas alone produces 24.1% of America's industrial CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning.
As CO2 emissions will likely be reduced by law sometime in the near future, it might be in the interest of Texas companies to back Kyoto now while they have one of their own running the government.
posted by alphie at 2:16 AM
1 Comments:
alphie, that's unfair. Texas has high emissions primarily because it refines so much fuel for everybody else. And also they are very nice people.
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