The Wall Street Journal Asks "Where's the CO2?"

Have you ever wondered where all that CO2 humanity is pumping out year after year is coming from? Well leave it to the folks at the Wall Street Journal to come up with a lovely interactive graphic that shows exactly where the CO2 comes from. Unfortunately the WSJ hasn't discovered the miracle of embedding applets yet, so you can check it out here.

A few interesting tidbits:

1. The ratio of CO2 output to worldwide GDP has actually dropped by a third in the last 40 years, meaning that it is absolutely possible to grow the economy without pumping out more CO2.
2. The #1 anthropogenic source of CO2 is - you guessed it - coal. The WSJ does not, however, include things like CO2 from deforestation, which may be an even bigger net effect since you have both the loss of a carbon sink and a carbon source.
3. The fastest growing source of energy in the last decade is - you guessed it again - coal. Unfortunately it's cheap, easy, and dirty.