Picturing Emissions

Great chart from the WSJ today on emissions from the largest nations.  Which do you prefer: per capita, per unit of GDP, or sum total?

Growthology prefers "per capita," because that's the category where the U.S. ranks highest.
 

Comments

[Jacob]

Since CO2 stays in the atmosphere a long time, the most appropriate measure in terms of blame for climate change might actually be cumulative emissions. The UK comes out particularly strong on that one. We're just lucky the developing countries aren't insisting on that measure.

[Dan Weber]

It still seems to me that a simple tax on carbon emissions would be the most straightforward, although I'm not sure how that works across countries.

As for "developing" nations, perhaps give them a small discount, but nothing drastic -- say, 10% less for their carbon emissions. But we can't let India or China count as developing nations.

[Anonymous]

It's an externality -- price it.

[Obvious]

Actually CO2 is a fertilizer as well as a fantastic beverage enhancer. Better we have too much rather than too little.

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