The real mystery is why the high CO2 per capita emissions come largely from rural areas.
Compare the map to this photograph, and it sure looks to me like the red zones on the map fit into the dark places in the photo.
At first I thought agricultural activity, and I can equate some of the red in south Texas, the sugar fields in Florida, and the Imperial Valley in CA...but Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska would be a lot redder if it was simple as that. But also, there's even an orange spot in New Jersey that lines up with a dark spot in the photo, both align with the Wharton State Forest. There's no farming going on there, just acres of pine trees.
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Date: 2008-11-18 03:51 pm (UTC)Compare the map to this photograph, and it sure looks to me like the red zones on the map fit into the dark places in the photo.
At first I thought agricultural activity, and I can equate some of the red in south Texas, the sugar fields in Florida, and the Imperial Valley in CA...but Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska would be a lot redder if it was simple as that. But also, there's even an orange spot in New Jersey that lines up with a dark spot in the photo, both align with the Wharton State Forest. There's no farming going on there, just acres of pine trees.